| Family: |
Doradidae (Thorny catfishes), subfamily: Astrodoradinae |
| Max. size: |
16.1 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
South America: Negro, Orinoco and upper Amazon River basins. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 2-2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6-7; Vertebrae: 34-34. Scorpiodoras heckelii is diagnosed from its two congeners S. calderonensis and S. liophysus by having a relatively large eye, diameter 91-129% of interorbital width (vs. relatively small eye, diameter 58-93% of interorbital width). It further differs from these congeners by the
having a simple, egg-shaped, secondary bladder without terminal diverticulum (vs. secondary bladder absent in S. liophysus and with terminal diverticulum in S. calderonensis) and from S. liophysus by presenting a relatively shallow scute depth (33-51% of body depth near anal-fin origin, vs. 61-72%) (Ref. 86601).
Description: anal fin v-vi,8-10 (Ref. 86601). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 06 August 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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