Hemidoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to the Amazon basin in South America.
Hemidoras | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Doradidae |
Subfamily: | Doradinae |
Genus: | Hemidoras Bleeker, 1858 |
Type species | |
Doras (Oxydoras) stenopeltis Kner 1855
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Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Hemidoras morrisi C. H. Eigenmann, 1925
- Hemidoras stenopeltis (Kner, 1855)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemidoras". FishBase. December 2011 version.