Doradidae

Thorny catfishes

97 species

1. 1Acanthodoras cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Spiny catfishfresh · tropical
2. 2Acanthodoras depressus (Steindachner, 1881)fresh · tropical
3. 3Acanthodoras spinosissimus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888) · Talking catfishfresh · tropical
4. 4Agamyxis albomaculatus (Peters, 1877) · Spiny cat-fishfresh · tropical
5. 5Agamyxis pectinifrons (Cope, 1870) · Whitebarred catfishfresh · tropical
6. 6Amblydoras affinis (Kner, 1855) · Guaporé thorny catfishfresh · tropical
7. 7Amblydoras bolivarensis (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)fresh · tropical
8. 8Amblydoras gonzalezi (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)fresh · tropical
9. 9Amblydoras monitor (Cope, 1872)fresh · tropical
10. 10Amblydoras nauticus (Cope, 1874)fresh · tropical
11. 11Amblydoras nheco (Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski, 2007)fresh · tropical
12. 12Anadoras grypus (Cope, 1872)fresh · tropical
13. 13Anadoras insculptus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912)fresh · tropical
14. 14Anadoras regani (Steindachner, 1908)fresh · tropical
15. 15Anadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855)fresh · tropical
16. 16Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus (Valenciennes, 1821)fresh · tropical
17. 17Astrodoras asterifrons (Kner, 1853)fresh · tropical
18. 18Centrochir crocodili (Humboldt, 1821)fresh · tropical
19. 19Centrodoras brachiatus (Cope, 1872)fresh · tropical
20. 20Centrodoras hasemani (Steindachner, 1915)fresh · tropical
21. 21Doraops zuloagai Schultz, 1944fresh · tropical
22. 22Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)fresh · brackish · tropical
23. 23Doras higuchii Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008fresh · tropical
24. 24Doras micropoeus (Eigenmann, 1912)fresh · tropical
25. 25Doras phlyzakion Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008fresh · tropical
26. 26Doras zuanoni Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2008fresh · tropical
27. 27Franciscodoras marmoratus (Lütken, 1874)fresh · tropical
28. 28Hassar affinis (Steindachner, 1881)fresh · tropical
29. 29Hassar gabiru Birindelli, Fayal & Wosiacki, 2011fresh · tropical
30. 30Hassar orestis (Steindachner, 1875)fresh · tropical
31. 31Hassar shewellkeimi Sabaj Pérez & Birindelli, 2013fresh · tropical
32. 32Hassar wilderi Kindle, 1895fresh · tropical
33. 33Hemidoras boulengeri Steindachner, 1915fresh · tropical
34. 34Hemidoras morei (Steindachner, 1881)fresh · tropical
35. 35Hemidoras morrisi Eigenmann, 1925 · Iquitos thorny catfishfresh · tropical
36. 36Hemidoras stenopeltis (Kner, 1855)fresh · tropical
37. 37Hemidoras stuebelii (Steindachner, 1882)fresh · tropical
38. 38Hypodoras forficulatus Eigenmann, 1925fresh · tropical
39. 39Kalyptodoras bahiensis Higuchi, Britski & Garavello, 1990fresh · tropical
40. 40Leptodoras acipenserinus (Günther, 1868)fresh · tropical
41. 41Leptodoras cataniai Sabaj Pérez, 2005fresh · tropical
42. 42Leptodoras copei (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)fresh · tropical
43. 43Leptodoras hasemani (Steindachner, 1915)fresh · tropical
44. 44Leptodoras juruensis Boulenger, 1898fresh · tropical
45. 45Leptodoras linnelli Eigenmann, 1912fresh · tropical
46. 46Leptodoras marki Birindelli & Sousa, 2010fresh · tropical
47. 47Leptodoras myersi Böhlke, 1970fresh · tropical
48. 48Leptodoras nelsoni Sabaj Pérez, 2005fresh · tropical
49. 49Leptodoras oyakawai Birindelli, Sousa & Sabaj Pérez, 2008fresh · tropical
50. 50Leptodoras praelongus (Myers & Weitzman, 1956)fresh · tropical
51. 51Leptodoras rogersae Sabaj Pérez, 2005fresh · tropical
52. 52Lithodoras dorsalis (Valenciennes, 1840) · Rock-bacufresh · tropical
53. 53Megalodoras guayoensis (Fernández-Yépez, 1968)fresh · tropical
54. 54Megalodoras uranoscopus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)fresh · tropical
55. 55Nemadoras cristinae Sabaj Pérez, Arce H., Sousa & Birindelli, 2014fresh · tropical
56. 56Nemadoras elongatus (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
57. 57Nemadoras hemipeltis (Eigenmann, 1925)fresh · tropical
58. 58Nemadoras humeralis (Kner, 1855) · Manaus mouse catfishfresh · tropical
59. 59Orinocodoras eigenmanni Myers, 1927fresh · tropical
60. 60Ossancora asterophysa Birindelli & Sabaj Pérez, 2011fresh · tropical
61. 61Ossancora eigenmanni (Boulenger, 1895)fresh · tropical
62. 62Ossancora fimbriata (Kner, 1855)fresh · tropical
63. 63Ossancora punctata (Kner, 1855)fresh · tropical
64. 64Oxydoras kneri Bleeker, 1862fresh · tropical
65. 65Oxydoras niger (Valenciennes, 1821) · Ripsaw catfishfresh · tropical
66. 66Oxydoras sifontesi Fernández-Yépez, 1968fresh · tropical
67. 67Physopyxis ananas Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2005fresh · tropical
68. 68Physopyxis cristata Sousa & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2005fresh · tropical
69. 69Physopyxis lyra Cope, 1872fresh · tropical
70. 70Platydoras armatulus (Valenciennes, 1840) · Southern striped raphaelfresh · subtropical
71. 71Platydoras birindellii Sousa, Chaves, Akama, Zuanon & Sabaj, 2018fresh · tropical
72. 72Platydoras brachylecis Piorski, Garavello, Arce H. & Sabaj Pérez, 2008fresh · tropical
73. 73Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Raphael catfishfresh · tropical
74. 74Platydoras hancockii (Valenciennes, 1840) · Blue-eye catfishfresh · tropical
75. 75Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821) · Granulated catfishfresh · subtropical
76. 76Pterodoras rivasi (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)fresh · tropical
77. 77Rhinodoras armbrusteri Sabaj Pérez, 2008fresh · tropical
78. 78Rhinodoras boehlkei Glodek, Whitmire & Orcés V., 1976fresh · tropical
79. 79Rhinodoras dorbignyi (Kner, 1855)fresh · tropical
80. 80Rhinodoras gallagheri Sabaj Pérez, Taphorn & Castillo G., 2008fresh · tropical
81. 81Rhinodoras thomersoni Taphorn & Lilyestrom, 1984fresh · tropical
82. 82Rhynchodoras castilloi Birindelli, Sabaj Pérez & Taphorn, 2007fresh · tropical
83. 83Rhynchodoras woodsi Glodek, 1976fresh · tropical
84. 84Rhynchodoras xingui Klausewitz & Rössel, 1961fresh · tropical
85. 85Scorpiodoras calderonensis (Vaillant, 1880)fresh · tropical
86. 86Scorpiodoras heckelii (Kner, 1855)fresh · tropical
87. 87Scorpiodoras liophysus Sousa & Birindelli, 2011fresh · tropical
88. 88Tenellus leporhinus (Eigenmann, 1912)fresh · tropical
89. 89Tenellus ternetzi (Eigenmann, 1925)fresh · tropical
90. 90Tenellus trimaculatus (Boulenger, 1898)fresh · tropical
91. 91Trachydoras brevis (Kner, 1853)fresh · tropical
92. 92Trachydoras gepharti Sabaj & Arce H., 2017fresh · brackish · tropical
93. 93Trachydoras microstomus (Eigenmann, 1912)fresh · tropical
94. 94Trachydoras nattereri (Steindachner, 1881)fresh · tropical
95. 95Trachydoras paraguayensis (Eigenmann & Ward, 1907)fresh · tropical
96. 96Trachydoras steindachneri (Perugia, 1897) · Bolivian thorny catfishfresh · tropical
97. 97Wertheimeria maculata Steindachner, 1877fresh · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.