Scientific Name

Aspidoras pauciradiatus  (Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970)     

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Rio Araquaia, Brazil, 14°58'S, 51°04'W.

Type Locality Map

Synonym(s)

Corydoras pauciradiatus

Pronunciation

ass pee DOOR ass - poss ee raid ee ATT uss

Etymology

Aspidoras: From the Greek aspis, meaning shield and doras, meaning skin; in reference to the bony plates. This specific epithet refers to the few (paucus=few) fin rays (raduis=rays, as in rays of sun) on this specimen.

Size

35mm (1.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Distribution

South America: Brazil: Rio Araguaia
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

pH

6.0 - 7.2

Temperature

22.0-25.0°C or 71.6-77°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

dH 12.

Breeding

Has been bred in the aquarium.

References

Beaufortia v. 18 (no. 233) - pp129 - Figs. 5, 6e

Registered Keepers

(1) mikey, (2) Mel1708, (3) Yan, (4) Keithj, (5) cwm, (6) loach (p: 2), (7) glenny (k: 5), (8) thelivelylady, (9) loachy_406 (k: 2), who also notes: "Hard to tell apart from my gravel!", (10) nmonks (k: 8), (11) apistomaster, (12) PandaPlus (k: 9), (13) Kampfer (k: 2), (14) kerryteatsjr (k: 6), (15) redcrane, (16) jp11biod, (17) aquaoahu, (18) medaka, (19) rhibear (k: 17), (20) donpetty (k: 12), who also notes: "Kept in a general Community tank with various tetras and dwarf Corydoras cats.".

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Breeding Reports

None.

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Last Update

2012 Jan 27 12:05 (species record created: 2001 Apr 21 00:00)