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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Hemidoras boulengeri Steindachner, 1915 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Mouth of Rio Negro, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Opsodoras boulengeri |
| Etymology | Hemidoras: From the Greek hemi, meaning half, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the similarity to Doras (another doradid genus). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 142mm or 5.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Amazon River basin. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 52 (no. 18), pp 218. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 2 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
| Forum BBCode | |
| Search for H. boulengeri | |
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 | Look up H. boulengeri on Fishbase |
 | Look up H. boulengeri on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up H. boulengeri on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.12.141.2005 | |
| Last Update | 2022 Jan 08 04:51 (species record created: 2008 May 31 03:54) |