Amblydoras
Genus of fishes
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Amblydoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to rivers in tropical South America.
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| Amblydoras | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Astrodoradinae |
| Genus: | Amblydoras Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Doras affinis Kner 1855 | |
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Amblydoras is one of several genera classified within the subfamily Astrodoradinae.[1]
Amblydoras species range from about 7.5–10.2 centimetres (3–4 in) SL.[2]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Amblydoras affinis (Kner, 1855)
- Amblydoras gonzalezi (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)
- Amblydoras monitor (Cope, 1872)
- Amblydoras nauticus (Cope, 1874)
- Amblydoras nheco (Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski, 2007)
