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Scientific Name	**Nemadoras elongatus** (Boulenger, 1898)
Common Name
Type Locality	Rio Juruá, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Opsodoras parallelus, Oxydoras elongatus
Etymology	Nemadoras: 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.
Species Information
Size	127mm or 5" 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.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 14 (pt 7, no. 2), pp 424, Pl. 40 (fig. 4).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:59 (species record created: 2009 Feb 16 22:49)