Anadoras regani
Anadoras regani is a species of thorny catfish found in the Oyapock and Amazon basins of Brazil and French Guiana. This species grows to a length of 11.0 centimetres (4.3 in) SL.
| Anadoras regani | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Doradidae |
| Genus: | Anadoras |
| Species: | A. regani |
| Binomial name | |
| Anadoras regani (Steindachner, 1908) | |
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Although the patronym was not identified it is probably in honor of ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943), of the Natural History Museum in London.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Anadoras regani" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families ASPREDINIDAE, DORADIDAE, AUCHENIPTERIDAE, CRANOGLANIDIDAE and ICTALURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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