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Doradidae (Thorny catfishes) > Astrodoradinae
Etymology: Scorpiodoras: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 + Greek, dora = skin (Ref. 45335); liophysus: From the Greek leios, meaning smooth, bald, and physa meaning bladder, in reference to the absence of a secondary bladder. An adjective.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Rio Madeira basin.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86601)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6. Scorpiodoras liophysus is distinguished from its congeners S. calderonensis and S. heckelii by having a simple, cordiform, gas bladder (vs. gas bladder having a secondary bladder) and midlateral scute depth 61-72% of body depth (vs. 33-59%). It also differs from S.
heckelii by having relatively small eye, diameter 58-777% of interorbital width (vs. relatively large eye, diameter 91- 129% of interorbital width) (Rfe. 86601).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sousa, L.M. and J.L.O. Birindelli, 2011. Taxonomic revision of the genus Scorpiodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with resurrection of Scorpiodoras calderonensis and description of a new species. Copeia 2011(1):121-140. (Ref. 86601)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.3 ±0.1 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).