/siluriformes/doradidae/rhinodoras/sp%60tocantins_xingu%60/1.jpg "Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU`")
/siluriformes/doradidae/rhinodoras/sp%60tocantins_xingu%60/2.jpg "Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU`")
111mm SL (Rio Xingu)/siluriformes/doradidae/rhinodoras/sp%60tocantins_xingu%60/3.jpg "Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU`")
/siluriformes/doradidae/rhinodoras/sp%60tocantins_xingu%60/4.jpg "Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU`")
/siluriformes/doradidae/rhinodoras/sp%60tocantins_xingu%60/5.jpg "Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU`")
Dorsal view/siluriformes/doradidae/rhinodoras/sp%60tocantins_xingu%60/6.jpg "Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU`")
Rio Tocantins/siluriformes/doradidae/rhinodoras/sp%60tocantins_xingu%60/7.jpg "Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU`")
Close-up of lateral scutes
 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Rhinodoras sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU` |
| Common Name | |
| Pronunciation | rye no door ass |
| Etymology | Rhinodoras: From the Greek rhinos, meaning nose, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the unusual snout morphology. |
| Species Information | |
| Identification | Rhinodoras is distinguished from other Doradidae by the unique combination of traits. Colouration: Sides darkly mottled, usually with wide dark bars; light mid-lateral stripe absent; Mouth: Labial tissue well-developed, fleshy, considerably expanded at corners of mouth forming relatively thick and rounded flap-like extensions with entire margins, labial surfaces rugose with low, rounded and tightly spaced papillae, distal margin of lower lip curves around and appears draped over bases of outer and inner mental barbels, in some specimens nearly encircling the latter.A key to the species of Rhinodoras is available here. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 4 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
| Forum BBCode | |
 | Look up R. sp. `TOCANTINS XINGU` on PlanetCatfish.com |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.12.60.2563 | |
| Last Update | 2013 Jan 04 21:02 (species record created: 2010 Nov 19 14:16) |