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Common member of the family Doradidae
 
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Pronounced Door ADD Iday
Family Common Name Talking Catfishes
Features Row of barbed scutes or plates along flank. Dorsal and pectoral fins have a leading, hard, spine-like ray.
Common Names Thorny, Talking or Raphael Catfish
Size Smallest 115mm, largest 200mm, average 153mm, most commonly 150mm. All SL.
Subfamilies There are 2 subfamilies in the database
Species There are 4 "species" in 3 genera in the database
Keepers 4 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers
Distribution South America

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Hop to next section Subfamilies in Doradidae (by species)
2.Doradinae10 species(250%)
2.Agamyxinae2 species(50%)
Hop to next section Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Agamyxis2 species(9 keepers)
2.Platydoras5 species(6 keepers)
3.Acanthodoras5 species(1 keepers)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Platydoras armatulusPlatydoras armatulus
(37.5%)
2.
Agamyxis pectinifronsAgamyxis pectinifrons
(31.25%)
3.
Agamyxis albomaculatusAgamyxis albomaculatus
(25%)
4.
Acanthodoras cataphractusAcanthodoras cataphractus
(6.25%)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species List
(Alphabetic | Chronological | Most Bred)
1.
Platydoras armatulusPlatydoras armatulus
(i:24, k:6, b:0)
2.
Agamyxis pectinifronsAgamyxis pectinifrons
(i:21, k:5, b:0)
3.
Agamyxis albomaculatusAgamyxis albomaculatus
(i:1, k:4, b:0)
4.
Acanthodoras cataphractusAcanthodoras cataphractus
(i:9, k:1, b:0)