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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Sabaj, M.H. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 2003
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Common names from other countries

陶乐鲶, Botinho, Harjaokamonni, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Doradidae (Thorny catfishes) > Doradinae
Etymology: Doras: Greek, doras = skin (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Forms inhabiting lower Amazonas and lower Orinoco are tentatively identified as D. carinatus and may represent one or more undescribed species.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; Água doce; estuarina demersal. Tropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

South America: Essequibo River basin and other coastal drainages east to mouth of Amazon River, possibly in lower Amazon and lower Orinoco River basins. Forms inhabiting lower Amazon and lower Orinoco are tentatively identified as Doras carinatus and may represent one or more undescribed species.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 37054)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 1; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 6; Raios anais moles: 11 - 15. Body elongated, without scales but with a range of 33-35 spiny bony plaque which runs along the length of the lateral, starting from the extreme end of the caudal fin up to the point directly below the origin of the dorsal fin. Head is pointed and laterally compressed, its width being far less than its length. Eyes are high and are situated in the posterior half of the head. Mouth is inferior, provided with a pair of maxillary barbels branching into 12 or 13 branches and 4 short mandibular barbels. Adipose fin short

Can emit sounds by moving its pectoral spines. Every basic unit of sound emitted lasts for 60-70 millisecond, with a frequency of 60-90 Hertz corresponding to the reply frequency of the muscles utilized (Ref. 35381).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. | Colaboradores

Sabaj, M.H. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 2003. Doradidae (Thorny catfishes). p. 456-469. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 37054)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)