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Thorny Catfishes
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Thorny Catfishes

Doradidae

The Doradidae are a family of catfishes also known as thorny catfishes or talking catfishes. These fish are native to South America, primarily the Amazon basin and the Guianas.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 96 known species

Doradinae

subfamilyDoradinae

Rhinodoradinae

subfamilyRhinodoradinae

Astrodoradinae

subfamilyAstrodoradinae

Agamyxinae

subfamilyAgamyxinae

Acanthodoradinae

subfamilyAcanthodoradinae

Wertheimerinae

subfamilyWertheimerinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85743.