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Atypical red colouration

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hemidoras stuebelii** (Steindachner, 1882)
Common Names	Maranon Thorn Catfish Maranon-Dornwels (Germany)
Type Locality	Río Huallaga, upper Amazon River basin, Peru.
Synonym(s)	Opsodoras orthacanthus, Opsodoras stubeli, Oxydoras stuebelii
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	110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Amazon River basin. Amazon, Upper 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.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse v. 19 (no. 19), pp 175.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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	LFS label creator ARN ref:1.12.141.1820
Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:40 (species record created: 2006 Feb 25 00:00)