Hypodoras

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Arguello, P. |author2=Jimenez-Prado, P. |author3=Sanchez-Duarte, P. |year=2016 |title=''Hypodoras forficulatus'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T49830650A53818673 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830650A53818673.en |access-date=31 October 2025}}</ref> | genus = Hypodoras | parent_authority = C. H. Eigenmann, 1925 | species = forficulatus | authority = C. H. Eigenmann, 1925 }}

'''''Hypodoras forficulatus''''' is the only species in the genus '''''Hypodoras''''' of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Doradidae.<ref>{{ITIS |id=681246 |taxon=''Hypodoras forficulatus'' |access-date=May 22, 2007}}</ref> This species is endemic to Peru where it is found in the upper Amazon basin and reaches a length of {{convert|10.4|cm|in}} SL.<ref>{{FishBase |Hypodoras|forficulatus |year=2011|month=December}}</ref>

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Category:Doradidae Category:Catfish of South America Category:Freshwater fish of Peru Category:Endemic fauna of Peru Category:Fish of the Amazon basin Category:Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Category:Monotypic freshwater fish genera Category:Catfish genera