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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Callichthyidae (Callichthyid armored catfishes) > Corydoradinae
Etymology: Aspidoras: Greek, aspis, -idos = shield + Greek, dora = skin (Ref. 45335); taurus: From the robust appearance [taurus = bull]; noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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South America: Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41106); 5.2 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6. Infraorbitals, preopercle and reduced nuchal plate covered by thick skin and not visible externally. Lateral line absent posterior to 2 small lateral line ossicles. Two pairs of maxillary barbels and a pair of mental barbels. Adipose fin preceded by a small, curved, well-ossified spine.

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Reis, Roberto E. | Collaborators

Lima, F.C.T. and M.R. Britto, 2001. New catfish of the genus Aspidoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the upper rio Paraguai system in Brazil. Copeia 2001(4):1010-1016. (Ref. 41106)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Aspidoras taurus Lima & Britto, 2001