Anadoras

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Doradidae
Genus: Anadoras
Species: A. grypus – A. insculptus – A. regani – A. weddellii
Name

Anadoras Eigenmann, 1925: 305, 327

Type species: Doras grypus ♂ Cope, 1872. Type by original designation.
References

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) 22 (pt 5): 280–365, Pls. 1-27.
de Pinna, M.C.C. 1998: Phylogenetic relationships of neotropical Siluriformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi): historical overview and synthesis of hypotheses. Pp. 279-330. In: Malabarba et al. 1998.

Vernacular names
English: Thorny Catfish

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

This genus has been assigned to the subfamily Astrodoradinae.[1]
Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]

Anadoras grypus (Cope, 1872)
Anadoras insculptus (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912) (of uncertain affinities, may belong here or in Amblydoras)
Anadoras regani (Steindachner, 1908)
Anadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855)

References

Higuchi, Horácio; Birindelli, José L. O.; Sousa, Leandro M.; Britski, Heraldo A. (2007). "Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1446: 31–42.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Anadoras in FishBase. December 2011 version.