Oxydoras kneri
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Doradidae |
Genus: | Oxydoras |
Species: | O. kneri
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Binomial name | |
Oxydoras kneri Bleeker, 1862
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Oxydoras kneri is a species of thorny catfish found in the Paraná River basin in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. This species grows to a length of 70.0 centimetres (27.6 in) TL and reaches a weight of 9.0 kilograms (19.8 lb). This species is caught commercially for human consumption. O. kneri is omnivorous, feeding mainly on insects, crustaceans, mollusks, other invertebrates and some vegetable material.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxydoras kneri". FishBase. December 2011 version.