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Cories are small catfish which are popular with aquarists - the Pepper cory is shown. This is an alphabetically ordered list of Corydoras species. Each entry includes: binomial scientific name, describer and year of publication. Some entries are indicated with existing (common name) and synonyms.
Corydoras is a genus of freshwater catfish in the family Callichthyidae and subfamily Corydoradinae.The species usually have more restricted areas of endemism than other callichthyids, but the area of distribution of the entire genus almost equals the area of distribution of the family, except for Panama where Corydoras is not present. [1]
The bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus), also known as the green corydoras, bronze catfish, lightspot corydoras or wavy catfish, is a species of freshwater fish in the armored catfish family, Callichthyidae, often kept as an aquarium fish.
Most of these species are in the genus Corydoras, the largest catfish genus. [3] The subfamily Corydoradinae includes about 90% of the species in the family Callichthyidae and is one of the most diverse siluriform assemblages in the Neotropics, with about 170 valid species. [5] It includes two tribes, Aspidoradini and Corydoradini.
The salt and pepper catfish (Corydoras habrosus) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Upper Orinoco River basin in Venezuela and Colombia. Corydoras habrosus – male on the left, female on the right. Male ...
Corydoras is a genus of the family Callichthyidae of order Siluriformes (Catfish). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corydoras . Pages in category "Corydoras"
The dwarf corydoras (Corydoras hastatus), dwarf catfish, tail spot pygmy catfish, or micro catfish is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Amazon River and Paraguay River basins in Argentina , Bolivia , and Brazil ...
Corydoras rabauti, also known as the rust corydoras, or Rabaut's corydoras [1] is a small species of tropical freshwater armoured catfish native to the Upper Amazon, Solimões, and Rio Negro basins in South America. It was first described by the American ichthyologist Francesca Raimonde La Monte in 1941, and is frequently seen in the aquarium ...