Megalodoras uranoscopus
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
(Type species)
Synonyms
Doras uranoscopus
Doras libertatis
Hoplodoras uranoscopus
Megalodoras irwini
Megalodoras libertatis
Oxydoras huberi
Rhinodoras huberi
Giant Raphael Catfish
Giant Talking Catfish
Schneckendornwels
Sierra palmera
Werewere
Doras libertatis
Hoplodoras uranoscopus
Megalodoras irwini
Megalodoras libertatis
Oxydoras huberi
Rhinodoras huberi
Giant Raphael Catfish
Giant Talking Catfish
Schneckendornwels
Sierra palmera
Werewere
Length (total)
approx. 80 cm
Recommended tank size
300 cm
pH
5.5 - 7.5
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
iii / 9 rays
incised / concave
I / 6 rays
9 soft rays
6 soft rays
iii / 9 rays
incised / concave
I / 6 rays
9 soft rays
6 soft rays
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
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 462
- Seidel, Ingo: "Besonderheiten in der Ernährung südamerikanischer Welse"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin September/Oktober 2017 ) - Bertelsen, Erlend D.: "Auf Elfenwels-Fang am Río Ucayali"
(DATZ September 2020)
- Eigenmann, C.H. & Eigenmann, R.S., 1888 "Preliminary Notes on South American Nemotognathi" (Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1 Ser. 2, P. 159)
- Alcalá, C.A.L. & Sánchez-Duarte, P., 2011 "Los Peces del delta del Orinoco" (Fundaciión la Salle de Ciencas Naturales, P. 192)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3)
- Schäfer, F., 2015 "Megalodoras uranoscopus" (Newsletter Fa. Glaser)
- Arce H.,M., 2015 "Mandibular, hyoid and pectoral musculature of thorny catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 164 No. 1, P. 231)
- 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. 88)
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Frank M. Greco (CC BY 3.0)
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