Astrodoras

Astrodoras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Astrodoras
Bleeker, 1862
Species:
A. asterifrons
Binomial name
Astrodoras asterifrons
(Kner, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Doras asterifrons
    Kner, 1853

Astrodoras is a monotypic genus with the only species Astrodoras asterifrons of catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.[1] This species originates from the Amazon basin of Bolivia and Brazil and reaches a length of about 8.0 centimetres (3.1 in) SL.[2] This genus is the type genus of the subfamily Astrodoradinae.[3]

  1. ^ "Astrodoras asterifrons". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Astrodoras asterifrons". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. ^ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1446.1.3. S2CID 86157696.