Genera of Catfishes

Families

Family
Subfamily

with genus

Genus
 
Length (total)
Body
height
dorsal
fin
soft
rays
Adi
pose
 
Acanthodoras
Bleeker, 1862

Acanthodoras
17
 
 
yes
only Doradidae genus with round caudal
Agamyxis
Cope, 1878

Agamyxis
20
very height
5
yes
Amblydoras
Bleeker, 1862

Amblydoras
13
 
6
yes
Anadoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Anadoras
20
 
 
 
Anduzedoras
Fernández-Yépez, 1968

Anduzedoras
35
 
 
 
Astrodoras
Bleeker, 1862

Astrodoras
12
 
6
 
Centrochir
Agassiz, 1829

Centrochir
25
 
5
yes
Centrodoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Centrodoras
45
 
 
 
Doraops
Schultz, 1944

Doraops
55
 
 
 
Doras
Lacepède, 1803

Doras
60
 
6
 
Franciscodoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Franciscodoras
35
 
6
yes
Hassar
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888

Hassar
27
 
6
yes
Hemidoras
Bleeker, 1858

Hemidoras
25
 
 
 
Hypodoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Hypodoras
15
 
 
 
Kalyptodoras
Higuchi, Britski & Garavello, 1990

Kalyptodoras
30
 
 
 
Leptodoras
Boulenger, 1898

Leptodoras
27
 
 
 
Lithodoras
Bleeker, 1862

Lithodoras
96
 
 
 
Megalodoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Megalodoras
80
 
 
 
Merodoras
Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski, 2007

Merodoras
7
 
 
 
Nemadoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Nemadoras
20
 
6
 
Opsodoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Opsodoras
23
 
 
 
Orinocodoras
Myers, 1927

Orinocodoras
23
 
 
 
Ossancora
Birindelli & Sabaj Pérez, 2011

Ossancora
17
 
 
 
Oxydoras
Kner, 1855

Oxydoras
100
 
 
 
Physopyxis
Cope, 1871

Physopyxis
28
 
 
 
Platydoras
Bleeker, 1862

Platydoras
30
 
6
yes
Pterodoras
Bleeker, 1862

Pterodoras
100
 
 
 
Rhinodoras
Bleeker, 1862

Rhinodoras
50
 
6
 
Rhynchodoras
Klausewitz & Rössel, 1961

Rhynchodoras
13
 
 
 
Scorpiodoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Scorpiodoras
20
 
 
 
Tenellus
Birindelli, 2014

Tenellus
25
 
6
 
Trachydoras
Eigenmann, 1925

Trachydoras
25
 
 
 
Wertheimeria
Steindachner, 1877

Wertheimeria
35
 
 
 
33 entries found
Many thanks to
for the pictures
José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 3, 12, 30, 32
Enrico Richter
4, 10, 15, 17, 22, 26, 31
Rudolph Kner (1855) (PD)
5
Collins, Ribeiro, Machado, Hrbek & Farias (CC BY 4.0)
6
Juan Guillermo Ospina Pabon (fb)
7
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
8, 13, 14, 18, 24, 28
Mark Sabaj Perez (iXingu Project)
9
Mark Sabaj Pérez (CC BY-NC 3.0)
16, 29
G. A. Boulenger (PD)
19
California Academy of Sciences (CCO (PD))
21
Jonathan (Jon) Armbruster
23
Edvaldo Trajano
25
Carla Polaz (CC BY-NC 3.0)
27
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