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Aspidoras

Roberto E. Reis
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Type-species: Aspidoras rochai.
See the Complete Catalogue for authorships, synonyms, type-localities, and references.

Containing group: Callichthyidae

Introduction

A key to the species of Aspidoras is available in Nijssen & Isbrücker (1976) who also presented figures of all species (except A. virgulatus, which is described and figured in Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980).

Diagnosis

The genus Aspidoras is diagnosed by the possession of a supraoccipital fossa; an extremely reduced frontal fontanel; and by having the ossified portion of the pectoral- and dorsal-fin spines short (about half long as the first branched ray).

Distribution

The species of Aspidoras are distributed in northeastern and central Brazil, in the states of Ceará, Maranhão, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Bahia and Espírito Santo.

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Scientific Name Aspidoras
Location Monte Azul, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Copyright © 1996 Roberto E. Reis
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Roberto E. Reis
Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Reis, Roberto E. 1996. Aspidoras. Version 29 April 1996 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Aspidoras/15342/1996.04.29 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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