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: Doras
Species: D. carinatus – D. micropoeus
Name
Doras Lacepède, 1803
References
Ferraris, C.J., jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. Abstract & excerpt PDF (part 1) PDF (part 2) Reference page. [See PDF part one, primarily]
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):[1]
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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