Doras higuchii
Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
dedicated Horácio Higuchi
Length (total)
approx. 28 cm
Standard length (documented)
241.0 mm
Recommended tank size
180 cm
Mato Grosso, Pará (BRA)
Brazil
rio Iriri ⇒ rio Xingu | rio Trombetas ⇒ Amazonas ➙ Atlantic NE
[ -8.319,-55.090 ]
(Prefered) River depth
< 2.00 m
Locality
in/near rapids
Type of water
Clear water
Flow
strong
Substrate
sand
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
IV - VI / (8 -) 9 (- 10) rays
(14 -) 7 + 7-8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
II / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 (- 10) soft rays
6 soft rays
IV - VI / (8 -) 9 (- 10) rays
(14 -) 7 + 7-8 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
top and bottom approximately the same length
II / 6 rays
(8 -) 9 (- 10) soft rays
6 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
- 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. 189)
- Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3, P. 464)
- PCF
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