Doras micropoeus
Eigenmann, 1912
mikros (gr.) - small; poieo (gr.) - to make; in terms of reduced middle bone plates
Length (total)
approx. 37 cm
Standard length (documented)
302.0 mm
Recommended tank size
250 cm
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroin, Sipaliwini, Marowijne, Demerara-Mahaica, Mahaica-Berbice, Upper Demerara-Berbice, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, East Berbice-Corentyne, Upper Takutu - Upper Essequibo
Suriname
Maroni River = Marowijne River ⇒ Atlantic NE
˜[ 6.009,-58.306 ]
Eats plants
not known
unknown
small
iv - vi / 8 - 10 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
(9 -) 10 soft rays
6 soft rays
iv - vi / 8 - 10 rays
7 + 8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
II / 6 rays
(9 -) 10 soft rays
6 soft rays
Sympatric with
not known
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 460
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a Study of the ecological Grouping of Species, and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to that of the Lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 195)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1910 "Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America" (Indiana University, P. 394)
- Ibarra, M. & Stewart, D.J., 1987 "Catalogue of type specimens of recent fishes in Field Museum of Natural History" (Field Museum of Natural History, Vol. 35, P. 44)
- 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. 171)
- Sabaj Pérez, M.H. & Birindelli, J.L.O., 2008 "Taxonomic revision of extant Doras Lacepède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with descriptions of three new species" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 157, P. 209)
- PCF
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