Oxydoras

Kner, 1855

Type species: Oxydoras kneri

Classification

Family

Doradidae

Subfamily

Doradinae

Synonyms

Hildadoras
Pseudodoras

Length (total)

75 - 100 cm

Fins

Oxydoras - overview of fins

Oxydoras - Overview of the natural diet

Distribution

Argentina (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Ecuador (1), Guyana (1), Paraguay (1), Peru (1), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (1)

Internet sources

Kner, 1855 "Ichthyologische Beiträge" (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd. 17, P. 142)
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. 331)
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. 335)
Birindelli, José L.O., 2014 "Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes)" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 12 No. 3)
Sabaj, M.H. & Arce H.; M., 2021 "Towards a complete classification of the Neotropical thorny catfishes (Siluriformes: Doradidae) " (Neotropical Ichthyology)

Species

Species
Country
Origin

Length
(cm)

AQ
(cm)

T.
(°C)

Bree
ding

Oxydoras kneri
Bleeker, 1862

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Rio Paraná-Einzug, Río Cuiaba, Río Uruguay, Río de la Plata

300

unknown

Oxydoras niger
Valenciennes, 1817

Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru
rio São Francisco-, rio Solimões, Amazonas-Einzug, rio Purus, rio Tapajós, rio Xingu, rio Tocantins
(Amazonas (BRA), Pará (BRA), Loreto, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Pataro-Siparuni)

100

400

unknown

Oxydoras sifontesi
Fernández-Yépez, 1968

Venezuela
caño San Juan, Laguna del Medio bei Ciudad Bolívar, Río Orinoco-Einzug
(Bolívar (VEN), Apure, Guárico, Anzoátegui, Monagas, Delta Amacuro)

Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)"
Zamudio, J.; Urbano-Bonilla,A.; Preciado-Silva,V.; Rodríguez- Cubillos,D. & Herrera-Collazos,E.E., 2017 "Ichthyofauna of piedmont and savannah environments in the Casanare River drainage, Orinoco Basin, Colombia"
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"

300

25 - 29

unknown

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for the pictures

Ricardo Farquharson

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Jonathan (Jon) Armbruster

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