SCOTCAT.COM

your internet guide to all things catfish

Hemidoras stuebelii (Steindachner, 1882)

Image contributors to this species:

Mark Henry Sabaj (1) Haakon Haagensen (1) Karsten Schönherr (1) Kiruya Momochi (2)

ScotCat Sources:

Other Sources:

Relevant Information:

The species which is sold with this name is usually, Ossoncora punctata, which used to be named Doras punctatus and has a shorter snout, has body spots and also grows smaller. It has been misidentified, especially in the mid 1980s in the hobby when catfish were just beginning to get a fan base in the U. K. Etymology: The specific name stuebelli: In honour of German geologist-vulcanologist Alphons Stübel (1835–1904), who collected the holotype. Remarks: Still found on some online sources as the junior synonym Opsodoras stuebelii.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Oxydoras stuebelii, Oxydoras stübelii, Opsodoras orthacanthus, Opsodoras stuebelii

Family:

Doradidae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon River basin. Type locality: Aus dem Huallaga Peru.

Size:

11.5cm. (4½ins)

Temp:

22-25°C (72-77°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Sabaj, M.H. and C.J. Ferraris Jr., 2003. Doradidae (Thorny catfishes). p. 456-469. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

Family: Doradidae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Hemidoras stuebelii

Hemidoras stuebelii

Hemidoras stuebelii
Maynas Province, Peru

Hemidoras stuebelii

Hemidoras stuebelii
Dorsal view

If you would like to contribute to the monthly factsheets with an article, information or photos, please e-mail me. You will of course be credited for your work.

If you would like to donate any denomination of monies to the site just click the above link button. All proceeds will go to running the site and hopefully to keep it going for a few years yet.