Doras

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

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus (three species - D. eigenmanni, D. fimbriatus and D. punctatus have recently been moved to the new genus Ossancora):^[1]

• Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Doras higuchii Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
• Doras micropoeus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
• Doras phlyzakion Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008
• Doras zuanoni Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008

Fossil species

• †Doras dioneae Sabaj Pérez, Aguilera & Lundberg, 2007 (Miocene)

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Doras in FishBase. December 2011 version.