Anadoras weddellii
Anadoras weddellii is a species of thorny catfish that is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. This species grows to a length of 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Genus: | Anadoras |
| Species: | A. weddellii |
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| Anadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855) | |
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The fish is named in honor of British physician-botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819-1877), who presented the type specimen in the form of a dried skin and a drawing of the fish.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Anadoras weddellii" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families ASPREDINIDAE, DORADIDAE, AUCHENIPTERIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE and ICTALURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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