Leptodoras

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Leptodoras is a genus of thorny catfishes native to South American freshwater habitats, known for their bony plates and bottom-dwelling behavior.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Leptodoras canonical 1
Trachydoras 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
behavior bottom-dwelling
belongsToGroup catfish
thorny catfish
class Actinopterygii
commonName thorny catfishes
diet invertebrates
distributionRegion Amazon Basin NERFINISHED
Orinoco Basin NERFINISHED
northern South America
domain Eukarya
surface form: Eukaryota
ecologicalNiche benthic
family Doradidae NERFINISHED
feedingType benthic feeder
habitat floodplain lakes
freshwater
rivers
hasMorphologicalFeature armored body
barbels
bony plates
thorny scutes
hasScientificNameAuthorship Bleeker NERFINISHED
isEndemicTo South American freshwater systems
kingdom Animalia
lifestyle demersal
nativeTo South America
order Siluriformes NERFINISHED
parentTaxon Doradidae NERFINISHED
phylum Chordata
reproductionMode oviparous
skeletonType bony fish
taxonRank genus
waterType freshwater

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Doradidae includes Leptodoras
Doradidae includes Leptodoras
this entity surface form: Trachydoras