Oxydoras kneri
Oxydoras kneri is a species of thorny catfish found in the Paraná River basin in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. This species grows to a length of 70.0 centimetres (27.6 in) TL and reaches a weight of 9.0 kilograms (19.8 lb). This species is caught commercially for human consumption. O. kneri is omnivorous, feeding mainly on insects, crustaceans, mollusks, other invertebrates and some vegetable material.
| Oxydoras kneri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Genus: | Oxydoras |
| Species: | O. kneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxydoras kneri Bleeker, 1862 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Oxydoras kneri" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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