''Rhinodoras gallagheri'' is a species of
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 ...
known from
Apure River
The Apure River is a river of southwestern Venezuela, formed by the confluence of the Sarare and Uribante near Guasdualito, in Venezuela, at , and flowing across the Llanos into the Orinoco. It provides significant transportation in the area.
Orig ...
,
Capanaparo River
Capanaparo River is a river of Colombia and Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. In Venezuela together with the Cinaruco River, other smaller rivers and the area around them they form the Santos Luzardo National Park since 1988.
Se ...
, and
Arauca River, all left bank tributaries of the middle
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...
, in the llanos regions of
Apure and
Barinas State Barinas may refer to:
Places
;Spain
* Barinas (Spain)
;Venezuela
* Barinas (state), one of the 23 states which make up the country
* Barinas, Barinas, a city in the state of Barinas
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Barinas
* Barinas Municipality, a ' ...
s of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. It is also known from the
Aguas de Limon River in the
Arauca Department of
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
This species grows to a length of
SL.
References
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Doradidae
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Fish of Venezuela
Fish described in 2008
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