# Megalodoras

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Megalodoras uranoscopus.jpg
| image_caption = ''Megalodoras uranoscopus''
| taxon = Megalodoras
| authority = [C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_H._Eigenmann), 1925
| type_species = ''[Megalodoras irwini](/source/Megalodoras_uranoscopus)''
| type_species_authority = Eigenmann 1925
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| synonyms = 
*''Hoplodoras''<br /><small>Eigenmann, 1925</small>
*''Deltadoras''<br /><small>Fernández-Yépez, 1968</small>
}}

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

== Species ==
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Megalodoras| month = December | year = 2011}}</ref>
* ''[Megalodoras guayoensis](/source/Megalodoras_guayoensis)'' <small>([Fernández-Yépez](/source/August%C3%ADn_Fern%C3%A1ndez-Y%C3%A9pez), 1968)</small>
* ''[Megalodoras uranoscopus](/source/Megalodoras_uranoscopus)'' <small>([C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_H._Eigenmann) & [R. S. Eigenmann](/source/Rosa_Smith_Eigenmann), 1888)</small>

==References==
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Category:Doradidae
Category:Catfish of South America
Category:Catfish genera
Category:Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Category:Freshwater fish genera

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