{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = DSCN6772 (6260750690).jpg | image_caption = ''Oxydoras niger'' | taxon = Oxydoras | authority = Kner, 1855 | type_species = ''Oxydoras kneri'' | type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1863 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | synonyms = *''Pseudodoras''<br /><small>Bleeker, 1858</small> *''Hildadoras''<br /><small>Fernández-Yépez, 1968</small> }}
'''''Oxydoras''''' is a genus of thorny catfishes native to tropical South America.
== Species == There are currently three recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Oxydoras| month = December | year = 2011}}</ref> * ''Oxydoras kneri'' <small>Bleeker, 1862</small> * ''Oxydoras niger'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1821)</small> (Ripsaw catfish) * ''Oxydoras sifontesi'' <small>Fernández-Yépez, 1968</small>
==Description== ''Oxydoras'' species are relatively large, reaching between 70–100 centimetres (28–40 in) in length. ''O. kneri'' has a maximum published weight of {{convert|9|kg|lb}}. ''O. niger'' gets even heavier, with a maximum published weight of {{convert|13|kg|lb}}.<ref name=Fishbase/>
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Category:Doradidae Category:Catfish of South America Category:Catfish genera Category:Taxa named by Rudolf Kner Category:Freshwater fish genera
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