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  • Pterodoras rivasi
  • Pterodoras rivasi
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Scientific Name Pterodoras rivasi    (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)
Common Name
Type Locality Río Apure, 2 kilometers east of San Fernando, Venezuela.
Synonym(s) Apuredoras rivasi, Pterodoras angeli, Sachsdoras apurensis
Etymology Pterodoras: From the Greek pteron, meaning fin, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the forked caudal fin. 
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Size 550mm or 21.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution South America: Orinoco River basin.
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
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Breeding Unreported.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle v. 10 (no. 27), pp 195 [1], Fig. on p. 196.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:00 (species record created: 2006 Dec 24 14:10)