www.scotcat.com


Your internet guide to
all things catfish


Back to Family page Back to Family page



Megalodoras uranoscopus  (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
 Image contributors to this species:
 Danny Blundell (5)  Chris Ralph (4) Matt Bennallack (1)
 ScotCat Sources:
 Factsheet  Article Etymology = Genus Etymology = Species
 Other Sources:
 Fishbase  Google   ACSI
 
 Common Name:  Mother of Snails Catfish, Giant Raphael Catfish
 Synonyms:  Doras uranoscopus, Hoplodoras uranoscopus, Megalodoras laevigatulus, Doras  laevigatulus,  D.libertatis,Pseudodoras huberi, Oxydoras huberi, Megalodoras libertatis,  M.irwini
 Family:  Doradidae blycipitidae
 Distribution:  South America: Amazon, Tocantins and Essequibo River basins
 Size:  61cm. (24ins)
 Temp:  22-26°C (71-79°F)
 p.H.  6.5-7.5.


Back to Family Back to Family page































Family:  Doradidae

Click on thumbnails


Click for full image
Megalodoras uranoscopus

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus
Dorsolateral view

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus
Showing bony scutes

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus
In Tropical Pond

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus
In Tropical Pond

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus
In Tropical Pond

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus
Caught in the Peruvian Amazon

Click for full imageMegalodoras uranoscopus

 

 

                                                                                  updated = December 3, 2006 © scotcat 1997-2007