Platydoras

Platydoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.

Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:


 * Platydoras armatulus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Southern striped raphael)
 * Platydoras brachylecis Piorski, Garavello, Arce H. & Sabaj Pérez, 2008
 * Platydoras birindellii Sousa et al., 2018
 * Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Raphael catfish)
 * Platydoras hancockii (Valenciennes, 1840)