# Doras

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Doras
| authority = [Lacepède](/source/Bernard_Germain_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de), 1803
| type_species = ''Silurus carinatus''
| type_species_authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1766
| synonyms = ''Mormyrostoma''<br/><small>A. Miranda Ribeiro, 1911</small>
}}

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

== Species ==
There are currently five recognized species in this genus (three species - ''D. eigenmanni'', ''D. fimbriatus'' and ''D. punctatus'' have recently been moved to the new genus ''[Ossancora](/source/Ossancora)''):<ref>Birindelli, J.L.O. & Sabaj Pérez, M. (2011): "''Ossancora'', new genus of thorny catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Doradidae) with description of one new species".  ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'', 161: 117–152.</ref>
* ''[Doras carinatus](/source/Doras_carinatus)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1766)</small>
* ''[Doras higuchii](/source/Doras_higuchii)'' <small>[Sabaj Pérez](/source/Mark_Henry_Sabaj_P%C3%A9rez) & [Birindelli](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Olivan_Birindelli), 2008</small>
* ''[Doras micropoeus](/source/Doras_micropoeus)'' <small>([C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_H._Eigenmann), 1912)</small>
* ''[Doras phlyzakion](/source/Doras_phlyzakion)'' <small>[Sabaj Pérez](/source/Mark_Henry_Sabaj_P%C3%A9rez) & [Birindelli](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Olivan_Birindelli), 2008</small>
* ''[Doras zuanoni](/source/Doras_zuanoni)'' <small>[Sabaj Pérez](/source/Mark_Henry_Sabaj_P%C3%A9rez) & [Birindelli](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Olivan_Birindelli), 2008</small>

==Fossil species==
*[†](/source/extinct)''[Doras dioneae](/source/Doras_dioneae)'' <small>Sabaj Pérez, Aguilera & Lundberg, 2007</small> ([Miocene](/source/Miocene))

==References==
* {{FishBase genus | genus = Doras| month = December | year = 2011}}
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Category:Doradidae
Category:Fish of South America
Category:Fish of the Amazon basin
Category:Catfish genera
Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Category:Freshwater fish genera

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