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.

All labels observed (1)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Doradidae → includes → Platydoras ⓘ