Description:
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total):
6; Anal soft rays: 14. Body dorsoventrally depressed,
greatest body depth 58-61% of cleithral width. Broad
dusky nuchal saddle extending ventrally across tympanum
and postcleithral process, finishing on the lower
side level with the pelvic-fin origin. Skin on head,
particularly snout, ornamented with thin elongate
pale ridges.
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Doradidae
Distribution:
South America:
Upper Amazon River basin.
Size:
8.0cm. (3¼ins)
Temp:
22-25°C (71-77°F)
p.H.
6.0-7.0.
Reference:
Sabaj, M.H.
2005 Taxonomic assessment of Leptodoras (Siluriformes:
Doradidae) with descriptions of three new species.
Neotrop. Ichthyol. 3(4):637-678.
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