 Summary of acanthodoras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pronounced | ah KAN tho door ass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Etymology | Acanthodoras: From the Greek akantha, meaning thorn, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the spines on the bony scutes along the lateral line. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Identification | The only genus of doradid with a fully rounded caudal fin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Compatibility | Usually peaceful but there has been one report of large specimens fighting with congeners to the point of poisoning each other. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size | Smallest 81mm, largest 137mm, average 111mm, most commonly 115mm. All SL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | There are 5 "species" in the database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keepers | 1 species (20%) are being kept by registered keepers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Most Kept Species | |
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| 1. | (100%) |
/siluriformes/doradidae/acanthodoras/cataphractus/1.jpg "Acanthodoras cataphractus")
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/siluriformes/doradidae/acanthodoras/cataphractus/1.jpg "Acanthodoras cataphractus - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/doradidae/acanthodoras/depressus/1.jpg "Acanthodoras depressus - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/doradidae/acanthodoras/sp%281%29/1.jpg "Acanthodoras sp. (1) - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/doradidae/acanthodoras/sp%282%29/1.jpg "Acanthodoras sp. (2) - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/doradidae/acanthodoras/spinosissimus/1.jpg "Acanthodoras spinosissimus - Click for species page")