Doras

Doras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Doradidae
Subfamily:	Doradinae
Genus:	Doras; Lacepède, 1803
Type species
	Silurus carinatus; Linnaeus, 1766
Synonyms
	Mormyrostoma; A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1911

Doras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus (three species - D. eigenmanni, D. fimbriatus and D. punctatus have recently been moved to the new genus Ossancora):

Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Doras higuchii Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
Doras micropoeus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
Doras phlyzakion Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
Doras zuanoni Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008

Fossil species

†Doras dioneae Sabaj Pérez, Aguilera & Lundberg, 2007 (Miocene)

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Doras". FishBase. December 2011 version.

↑ Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sabaj Pérez, M. (2011): "Ossancora, new genus of thorny catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae) with description of one new species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 161: 117–152.

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[1] Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sabaj Pérez, M. (2011): "Ossancora, new genus of thorny catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae) with description of one new species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 161: 117–152.