Aspidoras
| Aspidoras | |
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| Aspidoras fuscoguttatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Callichthyidae |
| Subfamily: | Corydoradinae
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| Genus: | Aspidoras R. Ihering, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| Aspidoras rochai Ihering, 1907
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Aspidoras is a genus of catfishes of the family Callichthyidae from Brazil.
Taxonomy
The type species for this genus is Aspidoras rochai. The name Aspidoras is derived from the Greek aspis (shield) and dora (skin).[1]
Aspidoras is easily distinguished from the other genera of the subfamily
fontanel; this character is an autapomorphy for the genus.[2] Many of the species of Aspidoras are similar and often hard to distinguish. Without specimens, it is often very difficult to positively identify a species from photographs alone. They are all small species.[2] A. taurus is exceptional in that it just surpasses 5 cm in length.[3]
The monophyly of the genus has been demonstrated.[4]
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:
- Aspidoras albater Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976[5] (False macropterus)
- Aspidoras aldebaran Tencatt, M. R. Britto, Isbrücker & Pavanelli, 2022[6]
- Aspidoras azaghal Tencatt, Muriel-Cunha, Zuanon, Ferreira & Britto, 2020[7]
- Aspidoras belenos M. R. Britto, 1998[8]
- Aspidoras brunneus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976
- Aspidoras carvalhoi Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976
- Aspidoras depinnai M. R. Britto, 2000[9]
- Aspidoras fuscoguttatus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976
- Aspidoras gabrieli Wosiacki, T. G. Pereira & R. E. dos Reis, 2014[10]
- Aspidoras kiriri Oliveira, Zanata, Tencatt & M. R. Britto[11]
- Aspidoras lakoi P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1949[12]
- Aspidoras maculosus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976
- Aspidoras mephisto Tencatt & Bichuette, 2017[13]
- Aspidoras poecilus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976
- Aspidoras psammatides M. R. Britto, F. C. T. Lima & A. C. A. Santos, 2005[14]
- Aspidoras raimundi Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976
- Aspidoras rochai R. Ihering, 1907[15]
- Aspidoras velites M. R. Britto, F. C. T. Lima & C. L. R. Moreira, 2002[16]
Distribution
Aspidoras species are
Pernambuco State.[2] A. taurus is known from the upper Itiquira River and upper Taquari River, both tributaries of the Paraguay River, Mato Grosso State, Brazil.[3]
In the aquarium
Aspidoras do fairly well in aquaria under similar conditions as for most Corydoras species. The water conditions that seem best are a
Aspidoras pauciradiatus
.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Aspidoras in FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ^ S2CID 54754393.
- ^ S2CID 86690111.
- S2CID 85655845. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2007-09-28.
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- S2CID 252980979. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- S2CID 220584976. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Britto, MR (1998). "Two new species of the genus Aspidoras (Siluriformes : Callichthyidae) from Central Brazil". Ichthyol Explor Freshw. 8 (4): 359–68.
- S2CID 54754393.
- S2CID 84670754.
- . Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Miranda-Ribeiro, P (1949). "Duas novas espécies de peixes na coleção ictiológica do Museu Nacional (Pisces, Callichthyidae et Pygidiidae)". Rev Bras Biol. 9 (2): 143–45.
- ^ Caserta Tencatt; L.F.; and M. Elina Bichuette (2017). Aspidoras mephisto, new species: The first troglobitic Callichthyidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from South America. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0171309.
- .
- ^ Ihering, R (1907). "Diversas espécies novas de peixes nemathognathas do Brasil". Notas Preliminares. Rev Mus Paul. 1 (1): 13–39.
- ^ Britto, MR; Lima, FCT; Moreira, CR (2002). "Aspidoras velites, a new catfish from the upper Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae)". Proc Biol Soc Wash. 115 (4): 727–36. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Reis, R.E. (1997). "Aspidoras". Tree of Life Web Project.