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Anadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855) |
Image contributors to this species: |
Steven Grant (3) Pascal Hablützel (1) |
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Relevant Information: |
A. grypus and A. wendellii are similar but the later has plates formed in the caudal peduncle which A. grypus lacks. Aquarium Care: As this species can grow modertly large you would need to house with same size species or near as they could pick off small fish at night as this is, as most Dorads are, reclusive during daylight hours. Diet: Tablet foods, frozen and live worms. Will also eat snails in the aquarium. Etymology: The specific name weddellii: In honour of British physician-botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), who presented holotype (a dried skin) and a drawing of it. |
Common Name: |
None |
Synonyms: |
Doras weddellii |
Family: |
Doradidae |
Distribution: |
South America: Upper Mamoré, Paraguay and Pilcomayo River basins. Type locality: petites flaques d’eau de la province des Chiquitos. |
Size: |
15.0cm. (6ins) |
Temp: |
22-26°C (71-79°F) |
p.H. |
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6.5-7.2. |
Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary
types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. |
Family: Doradidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails |
Anadoras weddellii |
 Anadoras
weddellii Dorsal view |
 Anadoras
weddellii Ventral view |
 Anadoras
weddelliiSanta Ana del Yacuma, Bolivia |
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