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  • Hemidoras morei
  • Hemidoras morei
  • Hemidoras morei
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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). 
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Size 103mm or 4.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Negro River basin
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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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 2019 Sep 22 06:32 (species record created: 2007 Feb 11 12:19)