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Doras micropoeus (Eigenmann, 1912)

Image contributors to this species:

Mark Henry Sabaj (2) Gabriel Lelis Togni (1) Drake Shaw (1)

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Description: Nuchal foramina absent; anterior nuchal plate wide, laterally expanded and sutured to epioccipital (no suture between supraoccipital and middle nuchal plate) for the Doras genera. Midlateral plates becoming smaller anteriorly (D. micropoeus). Etymology: The specific name micropoeus: micro-, from mikrós (Gr.), small; poeus, from poiéo (Gr.), to make or produce, referring to reduced or “rudimentary” anterior midlateral scutes.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Hemidoras micropoeus

Family:

Doradidae

Distribution:

South America: Essequibo, Demerara and Corantijn River basins and possibly other coastal drainages east to mouth of Amazon River. Type locality: British Guiana at Lama stop-off and Wismar on the Demerara River.

Size:

35.0cm. (14ins)

Temp:

22-25°C (71-77°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Doras micropoeus is assessed as Least Concern because it is widely distributed, occurs in protected areas, and considered to have stable populations (IUCN 2021).

Reference:

Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
Rodríguez-Olarte, D., Mojica, J.I., DoNascimiento, CD, Taphorn, D.C. & Usma, S. 2021. Doras micropoeus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.
ScotCat Article no. 57. Mark H. Sabaj; Key to Leptodoras and Select Related Taxa.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Doras micropoeus

Doras micropoeus
Essequibo River, Guyana

Doras micropoeus

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