Scorpiodoras heckelii

Scorpiodoras heckelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Subfamily: Astrodoradinae
Genus: Scorpiodoras
Species: S. heckelii
Binomial name
Scorpiodoras heckelii
(Kner, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Doras calderonensis
    Vaillant, 1880
  • Autanadoras milesi
    Fernández-Yépez, 1950

Scorpiodoras heckelii is a species of thorny catfish from the Negro, Orinoco and upper Amazon basins in Brazil and Venezuela. This species grows to a length of 16.1 centimetres (6.3 in) SL.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Scorpiodoras heckelii" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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