Pterodoras

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Doradidae
Genus: Pterodoras
Species: P. granulosus – P. rivasi
Name

Pterodoras Bleeker, 1862
References

Pterodoras – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Pterodoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Pterodoras granulosus (Valenciennes, 1821) (Granulated catfish)
Pterodoras rivasi (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pterodoras in FishBase. December 2011 version.