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Talking catfish
Paul Louis Oudart, public domain, via iNaturalist

Catfish

Talking catfish

Anadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishTalking catfish
Dutch—
SpanishArmado Carataí
Chinese韦氏上棘𬶏
Sranan Tongokatfisi (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAnadoras weddellii (Castelnau, 1855)

About this species

Anadoras weddellii is a species of thorny catfish that is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. This species grows to a length of 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) SL. The IUCN Red List considers Anadoras regani a junior synonym of Anadoras weddellii, but FishBase and the Catalog of Fishes regard it as valid.

The fish is named in honor of British physician-botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877), who presented the type specimen in the form of a dried skin and a drawing of the fish.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyDoradidae
GenusAnadoras

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