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The bluespotted corydoras, blacksail corydoras, blackspotted corydoras, dotted corydoras, Guiana cat or Guiana corydoras (Corydoras melanistius) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae.
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.
The 18 specimens turned out to be a new species of long-snouted Corydoras: Corydoras caramater, researchers said. The new species was distinguished in part by its “mask-like blotch ...
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]
Researchers examined 17 specimens to identify the new species, they said. Corydoras colossus was distinguished from other types of armored catfish by “mosaic-like” platelets covering the front ...
False spotted catfish: Corydoras leucomelas: 4.5 cm (1.8 in) Loxozonus cory: Corydoras loxozonus: 4.9 cm (1.9 in) 21-24 °C: 6.0-7.2 Bluespotted corydoras spotted cory Corydoras melanistius: 5.1 cm (2.0 in) 22–26 °C: 6.0-7.0 Gold laser cory: Corydoras melanotaenia: 5.8 cm (2.3 in) Long nosed arched cory Long-nosed Skunk Cory Corydoras narcissus
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 spotted corydoras, longnose corydoras or Agassiz's catfish (Corydoras ambiacus) 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 upper Amazon River basin in Brazil , Colombia and Peru .