Platydoras hancockii
Valenciennes, 1840
Genus uncertain (inc. sed.)
Synonyms
Sierra
Amblydoras hancockii
Doras hancockii
Kopfstrich-Dornwels
Longnose Dora
Saurauwari
Yarauira
Amblydoras hancockii
Doras hancockii
Kopfstrich-Dornwels
Longnose Dora
Saurauwari
Yarauira
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Temperature
23 - 30 °C
pH
5.5 - 8.0
Demerara River, ➀ rio Negro, ➀ río Orinoco, ➀ río Ventuari, ➀ rio Branco, caño Camoni, caño Caripo, rio Caurés, baía dos Caurés, Circle W Creek, caño Guapa Sucia, Kuyuwini River, ➀ río Manapiare, río Pamoni, Pirara River, Rupununi River, Simoni River, Siparuni River, rio Takutu = rio Itacutu, río Tomo, Two Puddle Creek, rio Uraricoera
Amazonas (BRA), Amazonas (VEN), Roraima, Vichada
Brasilien, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
río Ventuari | río Atabapo → río Guaviare ⇒ río Orinoco → Caribic ↓ Pirara River → Ireng River → rio Takutu → rio Branco | río Casiquare | Paraná do Caurés ⇒ → rio Negro → Amazonas | Essequibo River ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ 5.779,-58.382 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
11 - 13 soft rays
20 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
5 soft rays
7 soft rays
11 - 13 soft rays
20 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
I / 6 rays
5 soft rays
7 soft rays
Sympatric with
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. 465
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 15, P. 279)
- Bail, P.Y. Le; Keith, P. & Planquette, P., 2000 "Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane"
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 177)
- Piorsik, N.M.; Garavello, J.C., Arce, M.H. & Sabaj Pérez, M.H., 2008 "Platydoras brachylecis, a new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from northeastern Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 6 No. 3, P. 490)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 115)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 89)
- Briceño, L.C.P., Doque, A.B.; Trujllo,F. & Fundación Omacha, 2021 "Los peces y la pesca del sitio Ramsar río Bita - Vichada"
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for the pictures
José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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