Acanthodoras cataphractus
Linnaeus, 1758
(Type species)
Synonyms
Silurus cataphractus
Callichthys asper
Cataphractus americanus
Doras blochii
Doras castaneoventris
Doras cataphractus
Chocolate Raphael
Chocolate Talking Catfish
Gemeiner Dornwels
Milky Catfish
Callichthys asper
Cataphractus americanus
Doras blochii
Doras castaneoventris
Doras cataphractus
Chocolate Raphael
Chocolate Talking Catfish
Gemeiner Dornwels
Milky Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 15 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
pH
6.5 - 7.5
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
9 soft rays
19 soft rays
6 soft rays
9 soft rays
19 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
- Steack, Dr. Wolfgang: "Rio Negro - Beobachtungen zu seiner Fischfauna und ihrer Ökologie (1)"
(DATZ August 2019)
- Linné, Carl & Salvius, Lars, 1758 "Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae"
- 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. 187)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 167)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 536)
- Sabaj Pérez, M.H., 2014 "On the identity of Catesby's fish in armour, “Cataphractus Americanus” (Siluriformes: Doradidae)" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 163 No. 1, P. 119)
- 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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for the pictures
José Birindelli (CC BY-NC 3.0)
1, 2
Robert H. Schomburgk (1841)
3
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