''Doras'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

thorny catfish The Doradidae are a family of catfishes also known as thorny catfishes, raphael catfishes or talking catfishes. These fish are native to South America, primarily the Amazon basin and the Guianas. Doradids are omnivorous. Taxonomy As of 2007, 3 ...

es native to

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South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus (three species - ''D. eigenmanni'', ''D. fimbriatus'' and ''D. punctatus'' have recently been moved to the new genus ''

Ossancora ''Ossancora'' is a genus of thorny catfish native to tropical South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemi ...

''):Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sabaj Pérez, M. (2011): "''Ossancora'', new genus of thorny catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae) with description of one new species". ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'', 161: 117–152. * '' Doras carinatus'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 1766) * '' Doras higuchii'' Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008 * '' Doras micropoeus'' ( C. H. Eigenmann, 1912) * '' Doras phlyzakion'' Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008 * '' Doras zuanoni'' Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008

Fossil species

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'' Doras dioneae'' Sabaj Pérez, Aguilera & Lundberg, 2007 (

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References

* Doradidae Fish of South America Fish of the Amazon basin Catfish genera Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède Freshwater fish genera {{Doradidae-stub