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Scientific Name	**Agamyxis albomaculatus** (Peters, 1877)
Common Name	Spotted Dora
Type Locality	Calabozo, Venezuela.
Synonym(s)	Doras albomaculatus
Pronunciation	al bow mak you lah tuss
Etymology	Agamyxis: From the Greek agan, meaning much, and myxa, meaning mucus; in reference to the mucus produced by the fish. Albo, white and maculatus, spotted means "White spotted".
Species Information
Size	150mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	A. pectinifrons and A. albomaculatus cannot be reliably told apart without dissection (which shows differences in the number of gas bladder tendrils).
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Orinoco River basin. Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the 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.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877, pp 470.
Registered Keepers	There are 4 registered keepers, view all "my fish" data.
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Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:59 (species record created: 2006 Aug 01 07:58)