Doras carinatus
Doras carinatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Doradidae |
Genus: | Doras |
Species: | D. carinatus
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Binomial name | |
Doras carinatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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Doras carinatus is a species of thorny catfish found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. This species grows to a length of 30.0 centimetres (11.8 in) SL. This species can emit sounds by moving its pectoral spines. Every basic unit of sound emitted lasts for 60–70 milliseconds, with a frequency of 60–90 hertz corresponding to the reply frequency of the muscles utilized.[1]
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Categories:
- Doradidae
- Catfish of South America
- Freshwater fish of Brazil
- Fish of French Guiana
- Fish of Guyana
- Fish of Suriname
- Fish of Venezuela
- Fish described in 1766
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Doradidae stubs