Rock-bacu
Lithodoras dorsalis
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The rock-bacu is the only member of its genus, from the Amazon basin. During floods it eats fruits and seeds in the flooded forest and helps disperse them; otherwise it eats aquatic plant leaves. Juveniles appear in large numbers in the Amazon estuary. It is one of the largest thorny catfishes: it reaches 1 metre.
- Scientific name
- Lithodoras dorsalis
- Family
- Doradidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Doradidae
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Synonyms
- Doras dorsalis, Doras lithogaster, Doras papilionatus, Doras papillionatus, Megalodoras paucisquamatus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 100 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Omnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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