Fin's Fish Guide
Family within Catfishes → 
Or scan with your phone 
Doradidae
28 species in this family
The Doradidae family belongs to the catfishes and includes 28 species in the guide. You find them all below, with photos, identification details and distribution. Identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.
Fin’s Fish Guide on your phone
Identify fish with your camera, log your catches and dives, and explore 12,519 species. Free on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Or scan with your phone
Best-known species
Black ripsaw catfish
Oxydoras niger
Doradidae
Granulated catfish
Pterodoras granulosus
Doradidae
White-spotted talking catfish
Agamyxis albomaculatus
Doradidae
Mother of snails catfish
Megalodoras uranoscopus
Doradidae
Rivas' thorny catfish
Pterodoras rivasi
Doradidae
Rock-bacu
Lithodoras dorsalis
Doradidae
Chocolate catfish
Platydoras costatus
Doradidae
Whitespotted talking catfish
Agamyxis pectinifrons
Doradidae
Spiny catfish
Acanthodoras cataphractus
Doradidae
Blue-eye catfish
Platydoras hancockii
Doradidae
All species from A to Z
Bacu pedra
Hassar orestis
Doradidae
Bahia thorny catfish
Kalyptodoras bahiensis
Doradidae
Black ripsaw catfish
Oxydoras niger
Doradidae
Blue-eye catfish
Platydoras hancockii
Doradidae
Bristly catfish
Amblydoras affinis
Doradidae
Chocolate catfish
Platydoras costatus
Doradidae
Croaking catfish
Acanthodoras spinosissimus
Doradidae
Demerara thorny catfish
Doras micropoeus
Doradidae
Dwarf thorny catfish
Physopyxis lyra
Doradidae
Eigenmann's thorny catfish
Ossancora eigenmanni
Doradidae
Granulated catfish
Pterodoras granulosus
Doradidae
Linnell's thorny catfish
Leptodoras linnelli
Doradidae
More's thorny catfish
Opsodoras morei
Doradidae
Mother of snails catfish
Megalodoras uranoscopus
Doradidae
Orinoco thorny catfish
Orinocodoras eigenmanni
Doradidae
Rivas' thorny catfish
Pterodoras rivasi
Doradidae
Rock-bacu
Lithodoras dorsalis
Doradidae
Sharpnose thorny catfish
Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus
Doradidae
Slender thorny catfish
Nemadoras humeralis
Doradidae
Spiny catfish
Acanthodoras cataphractus
Doradidae
Spotted thorny catfish
Ossancora punctata
Doradidae
Star thorny catfish
Astrodoras asterifrons
Doradidae
Stuebel's thorny catfish
Opsodoras stuebelii
Doradidae
Sturgeon thorny catfish
Leptodoras acipenserinus
Doradidae
Thorny catfish
Doras carinatus
Doradidae
Weddell's thorny catfish
Anadoras weddellii
Doradidae
White-spotted talking catfish
Agamyxis albomaculatus
Doradidae
Whitespotted talking catfish
Agamyxis pectinifrons
Doradidae