Trachydoras brevis
Kner, 1853
brevis (lat.) = short
Synonyms
Corydoras brevis
Doras brevis
Sierra culata (VEN)
Doras brevis
Sierra culata (VEN)
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
(Prefered) River depth
4.00 - 15.00 m
Type of water
Clear water, White water, Black water
Flow
strong
Substrate
sand
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
iv - v / 9 - 10 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
(7 -) 8 (- 9) soft rays
6 soft rays
iv - v / 9 - 10 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
(7 -) 8 (- 9) soft rays
6 soft rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 466
- Kner, R., 1853 "Über einige Sexual-Unterschiede bei der Gattung Callichthys und die Schwimmblase bei Doras C. Val" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Bd. 11, P. 146)
- Kner, 1855 "Ichthyologische Beiträge" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd. 17, P. 138)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 179)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 538)
- Sabaj, Mark H. & Arce Hernández, Mariangeles, 2017 "Taxonomic assessment of the Hard-Nosed Thornycats (Siluriformes: Doradidae: Trachydoras Eigenmann 1925) with description of Trachydoras gepharti, n. sp." (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 166, P. 1)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2
Rudolph Kner (1853) (PD)
3
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