# Trachydoras

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = FMIB 52361 Hemidoras paraguayensis Eigenmann and Ward (Type).jpeg
| image_caption = ''[Trachydoras paraguayensis](/source/Trachydoras_paraguayensis)'' 
| taxon = Trachydoras
| authority = [C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_Henry_Eigenmann), 1925
}}

'''''Trachydoras''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [fish](/source/fish) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Doradidae](/source/Doradidae) native to [South America](/source/South_America).<ref name=FB>{{FishBase_genus | genus = Trachydoras | month = June | year = 2017 }}</ref>

==Species==
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
* ''[Trachydoras brevis](/source/Trachydoras_brevis)'' <small>([Kner](/source/Rudolf_Kner), 1853)</small>
* ''[Trachydoras gepharti](/source/Trachydoras_gepharti)'' <small>[Sabaj Pérez](/source/Mark_Henry_Sabaj_P%C3%A9rez) & [Arce H.](/source/Mari%C3%A1ngeles_Arce_Hern%C3%A1ndez), 2017</small> <ref name=Sabaj2017>Sabaj, M.H. & Arce Hernández, M. (2017): [https://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1635/053.166.0102 Taxonomic assessment of the Hard-Nosed Thornycats (Siluriformes: Doradidae: ''Trachydoras'' Eigenmann 1925) with description of ''Trachydoras gepharti'', n. sp.] ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 166 (1): 1-53.''</ref>
* ''[Trachydoras microstomus](/source/Trachydoras_microstomus)'' <small>([C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_Henry_Eigenmann), 1912)</small>
* ''[Trachydoras nattereri](/source/Trachydoras_nattereri)'' <small>([Steindachner](/source/Franz_Steindachner), 1881)</small>
* ''[Trachydoras paraguayensis](/source/Trachydoras_paraguayensis)'' <small>([C. H. Eigenmann](/source/Carl_Henry_Eigenmann) & [Ward](/source/David_Perkins_Ward), 1907)</small>
* ''[Trachydoras steindachneri](/source/Trachydoras_steindachneri)'' <small>([Perugia](/source/Alberto_Perugia), 1897)</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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