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Scientific Name	**Hemidoras boulengeri** Steindachner, 1915
Common Name
Type Locality	Mouth of Rio Negro, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Opsodoras boulengeri
Etymology	Hemidoras: From the Greek hemi, meaning half, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the similarity to Doras (another doradid genus).
Species Information
Size	142mm or 5.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon River basin. Amazon (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 in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 52 (no. 18), pp 218.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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	LFS label creator ARN ref:1.12.141.2005
Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:59 (species record created: 2008 May 31 03:54)