Anadoras weddellii

Anadoras weddellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Doradidae
Genus:	Anadoras
Species:	A. weddellii
Binomial name
	Anadoras weddellii; (Castelnau, 1855)
Synonyms
	Doras weddellii Castelnau, 1855;

Anadoras weddellii is a species of thorny catfish that is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. This species grows to a length of 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) SL.

The fish is named in honor of British physician-botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819-1877), who presented the type specimen in the form of a dried skin and a drawing of the fish.^[1]

References[]

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Anadoras weddellii" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families ASPREDINIDAE, DORADIDAE, AUCHENIPTERIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE and ICTALURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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[ETYFish-1] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families ASPREDINIDAE, DORADIDAE, AUCHENIPTERIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE and ICTALURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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