Biology:Platydoras

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Short description: Genus of fishes


Platydoras
Platydoras costatus 5 (Piotr Kuczynski).jpg
Platydoras armatulus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Platydorinae
Genus: Platydoras
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Silurus costatus
Linnaeus, 1758

Platydoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.[1]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Platydoras armatulus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Southern striped raphael)
  • Platydoras brachylecis Piorski, Garavello, Arce H. & Sabaj Pérez, 2008
  • Platydoras birindellii Sousa et al., 2018
  • Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Raphael catfish)
  • Platydoras hancockii (Valenciennes, 1840)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Platydoras in FishBase. July 2018 version.
  2. Sousa, L.M.; M.S. Chaves; A. Akama; J. Zuanon; M.H. Sabaj (2018). "Platydoras birindellii, new species of striped raphael catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 166 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1635/053.166.0106. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2708603 entry