Pterodoras rivasi is a species of thorny catfish found in the Orinoco River basin of Colombia and Venezuela. This species grows to a length of 55 centimetres (22 in) SL.

Pterodoras rivasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Doradidae
Genus: Pterodoras
Species:
P. rivasi
Binomial name
Pterodoras rivasi
Synonyms
  • Apuredoras rivasi Fernández-Yépez, 1950
  • Sachsdoras apurensis Fernández-Yépez, 1968
  • Pterodoras angeli Fernández-Yépez, 1968

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterodoras rivasi". FishBase. December 2011 version.