Pisces, Siluriformes, Doradidae, Astrodoras Bleeker, 1862: first record in the Colombian Amazon

Camilo Roa-Fuentes; Alexander Alfonso; Juan Alonso; Mark Pérez

doi:10.15560/6.4.485

Check List 6(4): 485-487, doi: 10.15560/6.4.485

Pisces, Siluriformes, Doradidae, Astrodoras Bleeker, 1862: first record in the Colombian Amazon

Camilo Andrés Roa-Fuentes, Juan Carlos Alonso, Alexander Alfonso, Mark Sabaj Pérez

Corresponding author: Camilo Roa-Fuentes ( camilo.roa@gmail.com )

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Citation: Roa-Fuentes C, Alfonso A, Alonso J, Pérez M (2016) Pisces, Siluriformes, Doradidae, Astrodoras Bleeker, 1862: first record in the Colombian Amazon. Check List 6(4): 485-487. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.4.485

Abstract

This note presents the first record of the genus Astrodoras Bleeker, 1862 (Siluriformes, Doradidae) in the Colombian Amazon (Amacayacu National Park). The single species described for the genus is A. asterifrons (Kner, 1853), reported only from the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Bolivia. The Colombian specimens are characterized by a gas (swim) bladder that is different from that of A. asterifrons, indicating that they represent a distinct and undescribed species of Astrodoras.

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