Lithodoras dorsalis
Valenciennes, 1840
(Type species)
Synonyms
Bacu-pedra (BRA)
Cascudo (BRA)
Doras à écussons dorsaux (FGUY)
Doras carinatus
Doras dorsalis
Doras lithogaster
Doras papillionatus
Hagau tino (FGUY)
Megalodoras pauciquamatus
Pacú (BRA)
Riesendornwels
Rock-bacu (US)
Vacú (BRA)
Cascudo (BRA)
Doras à écussons dorsaux (FGUY)
Doras carinatus
Doras dorsalis
Doras lithogaster
Doras papillionatus
Hagau tino (FGUY)
Megalodoras pauciquamatus
Pacú (BRA)
Riesendornwels
Rock-bacu (US)
Vacú (BRA)
Length (total)
approx. 96 cm
Standard length (documented)
810.0 mm
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Açai Berry (Euterpe oleracea), (Montrichardia linifera), Buriti-Palme (Mauritia flexuosa), molluscs (Mollusca), snails (Gastropoda), decapod (Decapoda), vegetable fibers, fruits, arthropod (Arthropoda), Wenigborster (Oligochaeta), Mango (Mangifera indica), mays, Gelbe Mombinpflaume (Spondias mombin), Deckelschlüpfer (Ciclorapha), millipede (Diplopoda), Cashew (Anacardium occidentale), beetle (Coleoptera) (larvae), small fishes, ants (Formicidae), spongefragments (Porifera / Spicules), leaf, algae, ephemeroptera (Ephemeroptera) (larvae), diptera (Diptera), Chironomidae (Chironomidae) (larvae)
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
13 - 14 soft rays
15 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
8 soft rays
7 soft rays
13 - 14 soft rays
15 soft rays
incised / concave, pointed
8 soft rays
7 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
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
- Valenciennes, 1840 "Siluroïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 15, P. 284)
- Barbosa, T.A.P., 2012 "Aspectos ecológicos do bacu-pedra Lithodoras dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1840) (Siluriformes: Doradidae) na foz amazônica, Brasil"
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 536)
- Pedroso Barbosa, T.A.; Barthem, R.B. & Assis Montag, L.F. de, 2015 "Feeding ecology of immature Lithodoras dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1840) (Siluriformes: Doradidae) in a tidal environment, estuary of the rio Amazonas" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 13 No. 2)
- Barbosa, T.A.P. & Montag, L.F.A., 2017 "The role of Lithodoras dorsalis (Siluriformes: Doradidae) as seed disperser in Eastern Amazon" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 15 no. 2)
- 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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for the pictures
Mark Sabaj Pérez (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
3, 4
José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)
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Daphne Layley
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