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Scientific Name	**Hemidoras morrisi** Eigenmann, 1925
Common Name
Type Locality	Iquitos, upper Amazon River, Peru.
Synonym(s)	Opsodoras morrisi
Etymology	Hemidoras: From the Greek hemi, meaning half, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the similarity to Doras (another doradid genus).
Species Information
Size	140mm or 5.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Upper Amazon River basin. Amazon, Upper Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (New Series) v. 22 (pt 5), pp 347, Pl. 27 (fig. 3).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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	LFS label creator ARN ref:1.12.141.1817
Last Update	2020 Aug 14 03:29 (species record created: 2006 Feb 20 00:00)