All Fishes ⇒ Doradidae ⇒ Rhinodoradinae ⇒ The genus Rhinodoras

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Pronounced 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.
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.
Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
Size Smallest 96mm, largest 500mm, average 215mm, most commonly 133mm. All SL.
Species There are 7 "species" in the database
New spp. / time
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