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Scientific Name	**Hemidoras morei** (Steindachner, 1881)
Common Name
Type Locality	Rio Negro, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Oxydoras morei
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	103mm or 4.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Negro River basin Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 43, pp 106 [6], Pl. 1 (figs. 2-2a).
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:59 (species record created: 2007 Feb 11 12:19)