PlanetCatfish.com - Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU` (Doradidae) Cat-eLog

111mm SL (Rio Xingu)
Dorsal view
Rio Tocantins
Close-up of lateral scutes

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU`
Common Name
Pronunciation	rye no door ass
Etymology	Rhinodoras: From the Greek rhinos, meaning nose, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the unusual snout morphology.
Species Information
Identification	Rhinodoras is distinguished from other Doradidae by the unique combination of traits. Colouration: Sides darkly mottled, usually with wide dark bars; light mid-lateral stripe absent; Mouth: Labial tissue well-developed, fleshy, considerably expanded at corners of mouth forming relatively thick and rounded flap-like extensions with entire margins, labial surfaces rugose with low, rounded and tightly spaced papillae, distal margin of lower lip curves around and appears draped over bases of outer and inner mental barbels, in some specimens nearly encircling the latter. A key to the species of Rhinodoras is available here.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Registered Keepers	There are 2 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Last Update	2013 Jan 04 21:02 (species record created: 2010 Nov 19 14:16)