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  • Nemadoras elongatus
  • Nemadoras elongatus
  • Nemadoras elongatus
  • Nemadoras elongatus
  • Nemadoras elongatus
  • Nemadoras elongatus
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Scientific NameNemadoras elongatus    (Boulenger, 1898)
Common Name
Type LocalityRio Juruá, Brazil.
Synonym(s)Opsodoras parallelus, Oxydoras elongatus
EtymologyNemadoras: From the Greek nematos meaning filament, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); probably in reference to the lack of scutes along the back. 
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Size127mm or 5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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DistributionSouth America
Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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Breeding ReportsThere is no breeding report.
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ReferenceTransactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 14 (pt 7, no. 2), pp 424, Pl. 40 (fig. 4).
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Last UpdateThu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am)