Platydoras Explained

Platydoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Platydoras armatulus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Southern striped raphael)
• Platydoras brachylecis Piorski, Garavello, Arce H. & Sabaj Pérez, 2008
• Platydoras birindellii Sousa et al., 2018
• Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Raphael catfish)
• Platydoras hancockii (Valenciennes, 1840)

Notes and References

1. Sousa, L.M. . M.S. Chaves . A. Akama . J. Zuanon . M.H. Sabaj . 2018 . Platydoras birindellii, new species of striped raphael catfish (Siluriformes: Doradidae) from the Xingu Basin, Brazil . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 166 . 1 . 1–13 . 10.1635/053.166.0106 . 90673235 .