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Species in the genus Amblydoras: [ 6 ] records

affinis, Doras Kner [R.] 1855:121 [32], Pl. 2 (fig. 1) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 17; ref. 2629] Rio Branco, Rio Guaporé. Syntypes: NMW 46822-23 (2, 2), 46826 (3); ?RMNH 2973 (1). Type information: Van der Stigchel 1947:85 [ref. 13094]. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:168 [ref. 29155]. On p. 32 of separate. •Synonym of Amblydoras hancockii (Valenciennes 1840) -- (Burgess 1989:223 [ref. 12860] as hancocki). •Valid as Amblydoras affinis (Kner 1855) -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:459 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:168 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745], Birindelli 2014:xx [ref. 33501] in Astrodoradinae, Sarmiento et al. 2014:190 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:87 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:77 [ref. 35773], Silvano et al. 2020:228 [ref. 38135], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:39 [ref. 42137], Taphorn et al. 2022:46 [ref. 41297], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2024:139 [ref. 42338]). Current status: Valid as Amblydoras affinis (Kner 1855). Doradidae: Doradinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon and Orinoco river basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

gonzalezi, Zathorax Fernández-Yépez [A.] 1968:70, Fig. 36 [Boletin del Instituto Oceanografico Universidad de Oriente Cumana v. 7 (no. 1); ref. 1325] Laguna Punta Vista, edge of Río Caroní, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela. Holotype: MBUCV-V-3940 [ex AFY 66119]. Paratypes: MBUCV-V-3941 [ex AFY 66120] (6). Type catalog: Provenzano et al. 1998:19 [ref. 24196], Ferraris 2007:168 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Zathorax gonzalezi Fernández-Yépez 1968 -- (Burgess 1989:223 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Amblydoras gonzalezi (Fernández-Yépez 1968) -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:459 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:168 [ref. 29155], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35633], Cortés Hernández et al. 2023:457 [ref. 40760]). Current status: Valid as Amblydoras gonzalezi (Fernández-Yépez 1968). Doradidae: Astrodoradinae. Distribution: South America: Orinoco River basin and Casiquiare Canal (Colombia and Venezuela). Habitat: freshwater.

monitor, Zathorax Cope [E. D.] 1872:272, Pl. 4 (figs. 1a-1c) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 23; ref. 921] Río Ambyiacu, Peru. Lectotype: ANSP 8296. Paralectotypes: ANSP 8297 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:99 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:169 [ref. 29155]. Lectotype established by Eigenmann 1925:363, Pl. 16 (fig. 3) [ref. 1244]. •Valid as Amblydoras monitor (Cope 1872) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708], Burgess 1989:223 [ref. 12860], Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:459 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:169 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:39 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Amblydoras monitor (Cope 1872). Doradidae: Astrodoradinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.

nauticus, Zathorax Cope [E. D.] 1874:133 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 26; ref. 931] Nauta, Peru. Syntypes: ANSP 21390-95 (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:99 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:168 [ref. 29155]. Unjustifiably emended to nautanus as "Zathorax nauticus[-tanus]" by O'Shaughnessy in Zoological Record for 1874, p. 104. See Ferraris 2007:169 [ref. 29155] for identity of types. •Valid as Zathorax nauticus Cope 1874 -- (Burgess 1989:223 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Anadoras nauticus (Cope 1874) -- (Ortega & Vari 1986:13 [ref. 9708]). •Valid as Amblydoras nauticus (Cope 1874) -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:459 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:169 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35633], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39298], Chuctaya et al. 2022:39 [ref. 42137]). Current status: Valid as Amblydoras nauticus (Cope 1874). Doradidae: Astrodoradinae. Distribution: South America: upper Amazon River basin (Ecuador, Peru and Colombia). Habitat: freshwater.

nheco, Merodoras Higuchi [H.], Birindelli [J. L. O.], Sousa [L. M. de] & Britski [H. A.] 2007:33, Figs. 1-2, 4-6 [Zootaxa No. 1446; ref. 29331] Rio Anhuma, tributary of Rio Negro (Paraguay basin), 19°10'07"S, 55°18'26"W, munic. de Rio Verde de Mato Grosso, Est. de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Holotype: MZUSP 90591. Paratypes: AMNH 236346 (1); ANSP 185103 (2); MZUSP 47180 (4), 35906 (3), 83556 (1), 84414 (28), 92610 (20), 92611 (4). •Valid as Merodoras nheco Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski 2007 -- (Reis et al. 2016:14 [ref. 34496]). •Valid as Amblydoras nheco (Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski 2007) -- (Arce H. et al. 2013:566 [ref. 37426]). Current status: Valid as Amblydoras nheco (Higuchi, Birindelli, Sousa & Britski 2007). Doradidae: Astrodoradinae. Distribution: A flooded area of Paraguay River basin, southwestern Brazil. Habitat: freshwater.

truncatus, Amblydoras Bleeker [P.] 1863:18 [9] [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 16997] Rio Guaporé, Brazil. Holotype (unique): RMNH 2973. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:168 [ref. 29155]. On p. 9 of separate. The holotype is also a syntype of Doras affinis Kner (see Boeseman 1972:316 [ref. 19698]). •Species inquirenda in Amblydoras Bleeker 1862 -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:459 [ref. 27061]). •Synonym of Amblydoras affinis (Kner 1855) -- (Ferraris 2007:168 [ref. 29155]). Current status: Synonym of Amblydoras affinis (Kner 1855). Doradidae: Astrodoradinae. Habitat: freshwater.