Scorpiodoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
Scorpiodoras | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Doradidae |
Subfamily: | Astrodoradinae |
Genus: | Scorpiodoras C. H. Eigenmann, 1925 |
Type species | |
Scorpiodoras heckelii |
Species
editThere are currently two described species in this genus:
- Scorpiodoras heckelii (Kner, 1855)
- Scorpiodoras liophysus Sousa & Birindelli, 2011
References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Scorpiodoras". FishBase. December 2011 version.