Astrodoras asterifrons
Kner, 1853
(Type species)
Synonyms
Doras asterifrons
Star-gazing Doradid
Star-gazing Doradid
Length (total)
approx. 12 cm
Recommended tank size
80 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
Type of water
Clear water, White water, Black water
Substrate
sand
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
slightly incised / concave, round
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
7 soft rays
slightly incised / concave, round
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
7 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
- Malabarba, L.R. & Mahler, J.K.F., Jr., 1998 "Review of the genus Microglanis in the rio Uruguay and coastal drainages of southern Brazil (Ostariophysi: Pimelodidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters) P. 307
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 459
- Kner, R., 1853 "Über einige Sexual-Unterschiede bei der Gattung Callichthys und die Schwimmblase bei Doras C. Val" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Bd. 11, P. 146)
- 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. 323)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 170)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 536)
- Collins, R.A.; Ribeiro, E.D.; Machado, V.N.; Hrbek, T. & Farias,I.P. , 2015 "A preliminary inventory of the catfishes of the lower Rio Nhamundá, Brazil (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes)" (Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e4162)
- 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. 87)
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Rudolph Kner (1853) (PD)
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