Megalodoras uranoscopus

Megalodoras uranoscopus
	Juvenile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Doradidae
Genus:	Megalodoras
Species:	M. uranoscopus
Binomial name
	Megalodoras uranoscopus; (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1888)
Synonyms
	Doras uranoscopus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888; Hoplodoras uranoscopus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888); Oxydoras huberi Steindachner, 1911; Pseudodoras huberi (Steindachner, 1911); Doras libertatis Miranda Ribeiro, 1912; Megalodoras libertatis (Miranda Ribeiro, 1912); Megalodoras irwini Eigenmann, 1925;

The giant talking catfish or giant raphael catfish (Megalodoras uranoscopus) is a species of thorny catfish that is native to the Amazon Basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. This species grows to a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) SL (for a female specimen) and a maximum weight of 4.6 kilograms (10 lb). These fish are harvested in local commercial fisheries.

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