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Astrodoras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Astrodoras
Bleeker, 1862
Species: A. asterifrons
Binomial name
Astrodoras asterifrons
(Kner, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Doras asterifrons
    Kner, 1853

Astrodoras is a monotypic genus with the only species Astrodoras asterifrons of catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae. This species originates from the Amazon basin of Bolivia and Brazil and reaches a length of about 8.0 centimetres (3.1 in) SL. This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Astrodoradinae.

References

  1. "Astrodoras asterifrons". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Astrodoras asterifrons". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. Higuchi, Horácio; Birindelli, José L. O.; Sousa, Leandro M.; Britski, Heraldo A. (2007). "Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1446: 31–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1446.1.3. S2CID 86157696.
Taxon identifiers
Astrodoras asterifrons


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