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| Scientific Name | Corydoras melini Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1930 |
| Common Name(s) | False Bandit Cory, False Bandit Cory |
| Type Locality | Luaretê (0°35'N, 69°13'W) at confluence of Rio Papurí and Rio Uaupés, Rio Negro system, Amazonas, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | Kory DOOR ass - mell INN eye |
| Etymology | Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus. Named to honour Dr. Doug Melin. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 45mm (1.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Corydoras are identified by their twin rows of armour plates along the flanks and by having fewer than 10 dorsal fin rays. They are most commonly confused with the other genera in the sub-family, namely Brochis, Scleromystax and Aspidoras. |
| Sexing | Females grow larger and are more full-bodied, this is best observed from above the fish. Males will typically have more pointed as opposed to more rounded fin tips as they mature. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Upper Negro and Meta River basins. Orinoco  , Middle Orinoco, Meta (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) , Negro, Upper Negro (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Temperature | 22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Will accept a wide range of commercial foods including tablets, granules and flakes. Live (or frozen) foods such as bloodworm, white worm, grindal worm, Daphnia and tubifex are readily accepted. |
| Furniture | Shade provided by overhanging rock work, arching bogwood, tall or floating plants are all that is required. Ideally substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative. Do not keep over regular, not rounded gravel, this will damaged the fishes barbels when it tries to dig. |
| Breeding | Has been bred in the aquarium. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Ark. Zool.v. 22 A (no. 5) - pp1 - Fig. 1 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) racer36, (2) soltarii007, (3) Yan, (4) certan, (5) Andersonic (k: 2), (6) fulvioander (k: 3), (7) jollysue (k: 4), (8) awzen, (9) glenny, (10) cbr6fs (k: 3), (11) Birger Amundsen, (12) Gry, (13) amergim, (14) apisto-nut, (15) miq (p: 3), (16) Kampfer, (17) chralis, (18) Crel, (19) arzerkle, (20) xander (k: 2), (21) OldMan (k: 5), (22) madattiver, (23) Nick44 (k: 2), (24) saphphx (k: 6), (25) Nx7 (k: 4), (26) fishpimpin, (27) suntsu69 (k: 5), (28) somename, (29) nasdaq77, (30) Mowin (k: 3), (31) jvision (k: 12), (32) retroculus, (33) Mark Roesner, (34) Torb, (35) KansasGuppyGuy (k: 13), (36) mace, (37) james gilbertson (k: 2), (38) steveh28 (k: 6), (39) mani29 (k: 4). Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2010 Apr 22 04:41 (species record created: 2001 Apr 30 00:00) |
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