''Platydoras'' is a small

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of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in

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and

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South America.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''

Platydoras armatulus ''Platydoras'' is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Platydoras armatulus'' (Valenciennes, 1840) ( ...

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, 1840) (Southern striped raphael) * '' Platydoras brachylecis'' Piorski, Garavello, Arce H. & Sabaj Pérez, 2008 * ''

Platydoras birindellii ''Platydoras'' is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Platydoras armatulus'' (Valenciennes, 1840) (So ...

'' Sousa et al., 2018 * ''

Platydoras costatus ''Platydoras costatus'', the Raphael catfish, is a species of thorny catfish native to rivers in Suriname and French Guiana. It was long confused with other species in the genus ''Platydoras'', especially the more widespread "true" striped Raphae ...

'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1758) (Raphael catfish) * ''

Platydoras hancockii ''Platydoras'' is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Platydoras armatulus'' (Valenciennes, 1840) (So ...

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, 1840)

References

Doradidae Fish of South America Catfish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Freshwater fish genera {{Doradidae-stub