Platydoras

E805735

Platydoras is a genus of armored catfish known for their bony plates and nocturnal, bottom-dwelling behavior in freshwater habitats of South America.

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Label Occurrences
Platydoras canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
activityPattern nocturnal
aquariumTrade yes
class Actinopterygii
commonName armored catfish
containsTaxon Platydoras armatulus
Platydoras birindellii
Platydoras brachylecis
Platydoras costatus
linked to: Pterodoras

Platydoras hancockii
defenseMechanism bony scutes
describedIn 19th century ichthyology literature
distribution Amazon Basin
Essequibo River basin
linked to: Essequibo

Orinoco Basin
domain Eukaryota
linked to: Eukarya
ecologicalNiche benthic
family Doradidae
feedingType omnivorous
finType adipose fin
spiny dorsal fin
habitat freshwater
hasBodyArmor yes
hasCharacteristic bony plates
bottom-dwelling behavior
nocturnal behavior
kingdom Animalia
lifestyle demersal
namedAfter Doras (related catfish genus)
nativeTo South America
notableSpeciesCommonName striped Raphael catfish
order Siluriformes
parentTaxon Doradidae
phylum Chordata
region Neotropics
linked to: Neotropical realm
reproduction oviparous
respiration gills
skeleton vertebral column
skeletonType bony
taxonRank genus
waterType freshwater

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doradidae includes Platydoras