Aspidoras [SEP] parent taxon
Aspidoras
Aspidoras is a genus of catfishes of the family Callichthyidae from Brazil.
Taxonomy.
The type species for this genus is "Aspidoras rochai". The name "Aspidoras" is derived from the Greek "aspis" (shield) and "dora" (skin).
"Aspidoras" is easily distinguished from the other genera of the subfamily Corydoradinae by the presence of a supraoccipital fontanel; this character is an autapomorphy for the genus. Many of the species of "Aspidoras" are similar and often hard
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- "Aspidoras eurycephalus"
- "Aspidoras fuscoguttatus"
- "Aspidoras gabrieli"
- "Aspidoras lakoi"
- "Aspidoras maculosus"
- "Aspidoras marianae"
- "Aspidoras menezesi"
- "Aspidoras mephisto"
- "Aspidoras microgalaeus"
- "Aspidoras pauciradiatus" (Sixray corydoras)
- "Aspidoras poecilus"
- "Aspidoras psammatides"
- "Aspidoras raimundi"
- "Aspidoras rochai"
- "Aspidoras spilotus"
- "Aspidoras taurus