Genus
Acanthodoras
- Species
- 2
- Photographed
- 2 of 2
- Difficulty rated
- 2 of 2

Acanthodoras cataphractusChocolate Talking Catfish
Linnaeus, 1758
This species, which may also be referred to by the alternative vernacular names 'spiny catfish', 'painted talking catfish' or 'chocolate raphael', isn't particularly common in the trade and most often exported only as bycatch among shipments of Platydoras armatulus. It appears very similar to the congener A. spinosissimus with the most useful external distinguishing character being the presence of pale blotches on the dorsal surface, between the dorsal and caud...

Acanthodoras spinosissimusChocolate Talking Catfish
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888
This species, which may also be referred to by the alternative vernacular names 'spiny catfish', 'painted talking catfish' or 'chocolate raphael', isn't particularly common in the trade and most often exported only as bycatch among shipments of Platydoras armatulus. It appears very similar to A. cataphractus with the most useful external distinguishing character being the presence of pale blotches on the dorsal surface, between the dorsal and caudal fins, in....