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Acanthodoras spinosissimus in Guyana
Talking catfish

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Acanthodoras spinosissimus   (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888)
Family:	Doradidae (Thorny catfishes)			picture (Acspi_u2.jpg) by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Talking catfish
Max. size:	13.7 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 37054)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	South America: Amazon and Essequibo River basins.
Biology:	Said to produce toxic fluids
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	venomous , Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott. 1991
Coordinator:	Ferraris, Jr., Carl J.
Main Ref:	Burgess, W.E.. 1989. (Ref. 6868)
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Guyana country information
Common names:	Kiru-kiru, Macusi		Ref:  Sabaj, M.H. and C.J. Ferraris, Jr., 2003
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gy.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.sdnp.org.gy/minagri/mofc&l/Fisheries/fisheries_department.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Sabaj, M.H. and C.J. Ferraris, Jr., 2003
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	Checked:  Sabaj, Mark	Modified:  Garilao, Cristina V.	Entered:  Garilao, Cristina V.

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