# Anadoras

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Anadoras wedellii.jpg
| image_caption = ''Anadoras wedellii''
| taxon = Anadoras
| authority = [C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_H._Eigenmann), 1925
| type_species = ''Doras grypus'' 
| type_species_authority = [Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope), 1872
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}

'''''Anadoras''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [thorny catfish](/source/thorny_catfish)es native to [tropical](/source/tropical) [South America](/source/South_America).

This genus has been assigned to the subfamily [Astrodoradinae](/source/Astrodoradinae).<ref name=higuchi>{{cite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01446p042.pdf|title=''Merodoras nheco'', new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae|first=Horácio|last=Higuchi|author2=Birindelli, José L. O.|author3= Sousa, Leandro M.|author4= Britski, Heraldo A.|journal=[Zootaxa](/source/Zootaxa)|volume=1446|pages=31–42|year=2007|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1446.1.3 |s2cid=86157696 }}</ref>

== Species ==
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{Cof genus | genus = Anadoras| access-date = 30 October 2025}}</ref>
* ''[Anadoras grypus](/source/Anadoras_grypus)'' <small>([Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope), 1872)</small>
* ''[Anadoras insculptus](/source/Anadoras_insculptus)'' <small>([A. Miranda-Ribeiro](/source/Al%C3%ADpio_de_Miranda-Ribeiro), 1912)</small>
* ''[Anadoras regani](/source/Anadoras_regani)'' <small>([Steindachner](/source/Franz_Steindachner), 1908)</small>
* ''[Anadoras weddellii](/source/Anadoras_weddellii)'' <small>([Castelnau](/source/Francis_de_Laporte_de_Castelnau), 1855)</small>

==References==
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Category:Doradidae
Category:Fish of South America
Category:Fish of the Amazon basin
Category:Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Category:Freshwater fish genera

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