uranoscopus, Doras Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1888:159 [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2) v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 1249] Lake Hyanuary, Amazonas, Brazil. Holotype (unique): MCZ 7235. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:174 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Hoplodoras uranoscopus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888) -- (Burgess 1989:224 [ref. 12860]). •Valid as Megalodoras uranoscopus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888) -- (Sabaj & Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:462 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:174 [ref. 29155], Barriga Salazar 2014:115 [ref. 35745], Birindelli 2014:xx [ref. 33501], Sarmiento et al. 2014:190 [ref. 35004], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35633], Silvano et al. 2020:234 [ref. 38135], Meza-Vargas et al. 2021:22 [ref. 39298], Taphorn et al. 2022:47 [ref. 41297]). Current status: Valid as Megalodoras uranoscopus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1888). Doradidae: Doradinae. Distribution: South America: Amazon, Tocantins and Essequibo River basins (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru). Habitat: freshwater.
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