Oxydoras

Oxydoras
	Oxydoras niger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Doradidae
Subfamily:	Doradinae
Genus:	Oxydoras; Kner, 1855
Type species
	Oxydoras kneri; Bleeker, 1863
Synonyms
	Pseudodoras; Bleeker, 1858; Hildadoras; Fernández-Yépez, 1968;

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

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Oxydoras kneri Bleeker, 1862
Oxydoras niger (Valenciennes, 1821) (Ripsaw catfish)
Oxydoras sifontesi Fernández-Yépez, 1968

Description

Oxydoras species are relatively large, reaching between 70–100 centimetres (28–40 in) in length. O. kneri has a maximum published weight of 9 kilograms (20 lb). O. niger gets even heavier, with a maximum published weight of 13 kilograms (29 lb).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oxydoras". FishBase. December 2011 version.

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[Fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oxydoras". FishBase. December 2011 version.

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