Synonyms
Doras weddellii
Talking Catfish
Talking Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
present
12 soft rays
I / 6 rays
12 soft rays
I / 6 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
- 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
- Castelnau, Francis de, 1855 "Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l'expedition dans les parties centrales de L'Amerique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para" (Animaux nouveaux ou rares, Vol. 2, P. 48)
- 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. 329)
- López, H.L.; Miquelarena,A.M. & Menni, R.C., 2003 "Lista comentada de los peces continentales de la Argentina" (ProBiota, Serie Técnica y Didáctica, No. 5, P. 54)
- Diogo, R.; Chardon, M. & Vandewalle, P., 2004 "On the osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of Franciscodoras marmoratus (Lütken 1874), comparison with other doradids, and comments on the synapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Doradidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (Animal Biology, Vol. 54 No. 2, P. 186)
- Menni, R.C., 2004 "Peces y ambientes en la Argentina continental" (Monografías del Museo Argentina Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, No. 5, P. 82)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 169)
- Britski, H.A.; Silimon, K.Z.S. & Lopes, B.S., 2007 "Peixes do Pantanal-Manual de Identificação"
- Queiroz, L.J. de; Torrente-Vilara, G.; Vieira, F.G.; Ohara, W.M.; Zuanon, J. & Doria, C.R.C., 2013 "Fishes of Cuniã Lake, Madeira River Basin, Brazil" (CheckList, Vol. 9 No 3, P. 545)
- Careaga, M.; ergueta, C.; Gutierrez Ojeda, E.K.; Maldonado, M. & Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M., 2020 "Inventario de los peces del río Yata (Beni, Bolivia)" (Hidrobiología Neotropical y Conservación Acuática, Vol. 1 No. 1, P. 77)
- PCF
Many thanks to
for the pictures
José "BlackSouL" Sole
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
Leandro Sousa (CC BY-NC 3.0)
6
Francis de Castelnau (PD)
8
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