Amblydoras
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Subfamily: | Astrodoradinae |
| Genus: | Amblydoras Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Doras affinis Kner 1855
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Amblydoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to rivers in tropical South America.
Amblydoras is one of several genera classified within the subfamily Astrodoradinae.[1]
Amblydoras species range from about 7.5–10.2 centimetres (3.0–4.0 in) SL.[2]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Amblydoras affinis (Kner, 1855)
- Amblydoras bolivarensis (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)
- Amblydoras gonzalezi (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)
- Amblydoras monitor (Cope, 1872)
- Amblydoras nauticus (Cope, 1874)
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Amblydoras in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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