Astrodoras
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Genus: | Astrodoras Bleeker, 1862 |
| Species: | A. asterifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| Astrodoras asterifrons (Kner, 1853)
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Astrodoras asterifrons is the only species in the genus Astrodoras of the 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]
References
- ^ "Astrodoras asterifrons". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 22, 2007.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Astrodoras asterifrons" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ 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.
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