Pseudodoras sierra

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Pseudodoras sierra

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A wholesaler for where i work had a catfish by the name of pseudodoras sierra, and i have not been able to find any info on this name.
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I think it refers to .
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Post by Marc van Arc »

True, it's a combination of the (invalid) Latin genus name Pseudodoras with the local species name sierra.
To locals this fish is known as Bagre sierra
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Thanks for the help.
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