Scorpiodoras heckelii

Scorpiodoras heckelii is a species of thorny catfish from the Negro, Orinoco and upper Amazon basins in Brazil and Venezuela. This species grows to a length of 16.1 centimetres (6.3 in) SL.[1]

Scorpiodoras heckelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Scorpiodoras
Species:
S. heckelii
Binomial name
Scorpiodoras heckelii
(Kner, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Doras heckelii Kner, 1855
  • Doras calderonensisVaillant, 1880
  • Acanthodoras calderonensis (Vaillant, 1880)
  • Autanadoras milesi
    Fernández-Yépez, 1950

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Scorpiodoras heckelii" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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