Synonyms
Opsodoras parallelus
Oxydoras elongatus
Oxydoras elongatus
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
165.0 mm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
Flow
no - small
Nutrition (mostly): carnivore
Eats plants
not known
Males significantly smaller than females?
unknown
 
9 - 10 soft rays
15 soft rays
II / 6 rays
8 - 9 soft rays
6 soft rays
15 soft rays
II / 6 rays
8 - 9 soft rays
6 soft rays
swarm
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Boulenger, G.A., 1898 "On a Collection of Fishes from the Rio Jurua, Brazil" (Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. 14, P. 424)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1925 "A review of the Doradidae, a family of South American Nematognathi, or catfishes" (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series), Vol. 22 No. 5, P. 350)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1925 "A review of the Doradidae, a family of South American Nematognathi, or catfishes" (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series), Vol. 22 No. 5, P. 359)
- Galvis, G.; Mojica, J.I.; Doque, S.R.; Castellanos, C.; Sánchez-Duarte, P.; Arce, M.; Gutiérrez, Á.; Jiménez, L.F.; Santos, M.; Vejarano, S.; Arbeláez, F.; Prieto, E. & Leiva,, 2006 "Peces del medio Amazonas - Región de Leticia" (Conservación Internacional, P. 247)
- Sabaj Pérez, M.H., Arce, M.H.; Sousa, L.M. & Birindelli, J.L.O., 2014 "Nemadoras cristinae, new species of thorny catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with redescriptions of its congeners" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 163, P. 133)
- Schäfer, F., 2015 "Megalodoras uranoscopus" (Newsletter Fa. Glaser)
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Many thanks to
for the pictures
G. A. Boulenger (PD)
1, 2, 3
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