{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|author=Perez, A. |year=2023 |title= ''Doraops zuloagai'' |article-number= e.T85282044A85282048 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T85282044A85282048.en |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref> | genus = Doraops | parent_authority = L. P. Schultz, 1944 | species = zuloagai | authority = L. P. Schultz, 1944 }}
'''''Doraops zuloagai''''' is the only species in the genus '''''Doraops''''' of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.<ref>{{ITIS |id=640007 |taxon=''Doraops zuloagai'' |accessdate=May 22, 2007}}</ref> This species originates from and Lake Maracaibo basin as well as the Apón River, Santa Ana River, Catatumbo River, Escalante River and Rio de Los Pajaros basins of Colombia and Venezuela.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase|genus=Doraops|species=zuloagai|year=2011|month=December}}</ref> These fish prefer muddy backwaters and feed on insects, worms, small crabs, and snails.<ref name=fishbase/> They reach a length of {{convert|50|cm|in}} SL and are a component of local commercial fisheries.<ref name=fishbase/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q18686022|from2=Q3767275}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doraops zuloagai}} Category:Doradidae Category:Catfish of South America Category:Freshwater fish of Colombia Category:Freshwater fish of Venezuela Category:Fish described in 1944 Category:Taxa named by Leonard Peter Schultz
{{Doradidae-stub}}