AquaticRepublic.com - Platydoras hancockii (Doradidae) All Fishes

Upper Rio Negro, Brazil

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Platydoras hancockii** (Valenciennes, 1840)
Common Names	Longnose Dora Hancocks Tornmalle (Denmark), Kopfstrich-Dornwels (Germany)
Type Locality	Demerara River, Guyana.
Synonym(s)	Amblydoras hancockii, Doras hancockii
Pronunciation	pla tee doh russ - hand COCK eye
Etymology	Platydoras: From the Greek platys, meaning flat, and doras, meaning skin (also a word commonly used in forming generic names for doradids); in reference to the depressed head.
Species Information
Size	150mm or 5.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Commonly misidentified as Amblydoras hancockii, this is a different species and can be found as Amblydoras naticus.
Sexing	Underside of female is creamy white, the male is freckled as shown below. Males are more slender than the wider (when viewed from above or below) females.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: from Guyana and eastern Brazil to Peru and Bolivia. Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas (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.
pH	5.8 - 7.6
Temperature	23.0-28.0°C or 73.4-82.4°F (Show species within this range)
Other Parameters	This species is not fussy regarding water parameters.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	A nocturnal scavenger. User data.
Furniture	Does not harm plants and all is really required is a dark place in which the catfish can find refuge. Care must be taken that this is no where near the heater element as these fish will wedge themselves between the heater and the aquarium wall and may burn themselves.
Compatibility	A perfect community tank resident.
Suggested Tankmates	As all doradids, does well with its conspecifics and other members of the same family. Can be kept with anything from tetras to medium sized cichlids.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 15, pp 279.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
Wishlists	Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:36 (species record created: 2001 Apr 19 00:00)