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Bronze corydoras are probably the most popular Corydoras species. [8] It is annually bred and shipped in large quantities all over the world [9] It is easily bred and is produced in commercial quantities in the United States, Europe, and Singapore. Most of the available fish are therefore domestic strains.
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]
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.
Corydoras arcuatus is a species of freshwater fish in the armored catfish family Callichthyidae. [1] It is restricted to the western Amazon basin, where only known from small blackwater or clearwater streams in the middle Juruá River basin, the Javari River basin and streams near Leticia in western Brazil, far northeastern Peru and far southeastern Colombia.
Like many other Corydoras species, the panda catfish is a highly gregarious fish, and in common with several other smaller Corydoras species such as C. habrosus and C. pygmaeus, manifests a distinct need for numerous companions of its own species in order to thrive, and can thus be described as being more avowedly social than some of the larger ...
The sixray corydoras (Corydoras pauciradiatus) [3] or false corydoras 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 Araguaia River basin in Brazil. The fish will grow in length up to 2.9 centimetres (1.1 inches).
The sailfin corydoras (Scleromystax macropterus), bigfin corydoras, or largefin corydoras is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in coastal rivers in South America , and is found from São Paulo to Santa Catarina , Brazil and some upper Paraná River tributaries.