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Scientific Name Corydoras sodalis  Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986     
Common Name(s) False Network Cory
Type Locality Río Yavari, Cano de Guavariba in Lago Matamata, 4°12'S, 70°17'W, Loreto, Peru.
Pronunciation Kory DOOR ass
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. This specific epithet literally means companion (sodalis=companion, comrade) and refers to its close resemblance to Corydoras reticulatus.
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Size 60mm (2.4") 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.

Confused with C. reticulatus. C. sodalis has a clear dorsal fin, where C. reticulatus has a dark blotch in its dorsal fin.
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.
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Distribution South America: Amazon River in Loreto, Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.
Amazon, Upper Amazon (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)
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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 Unreported.
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References Rev. Fr. Aquariol.v. 12 (no. 3) (1985) - pp68 - Figs. 6-7, 33B
Registered Keepers (1) madattiver (k: 4), (2) Tulio, (3) Oliver D., (4) lordotterby, (5) Yan, (6) Daragh, (7) Deb (p: 2, k: 10), who also notes: "They love fine white marine sand.", (8) fulvioander, (9) caverman (k: 7), (10) jbmm (k: 12), (11) invaderwithkey (k: 4), (12) Walter, (13) Plecofanatic1989, (14) anitabritt (k: 4), who also notes: "4 wc adults ", (15) Plunt, (16) polardbear, (17) jollysue (k: 6), (18) hoplo (k: 5), (19) apisto-nut, (20) krzys (k: 3), (21) gem400, (22) wschug (k: 3), (23) saphphx (k: 8), (24) jha61, (25) rodpam, (26) oli (k: 2), (27) stensson (k: 5), (28) Nabobmob1, (29) jp11biod, (30) dave.h, (31) Mark Roesner, (32) JamesStuddart (p: 2, k: 2), (33) MatsP (k: 6), (34) snowball (k: 3), (35) dkshadowwolf, (36) KansasGuppyGuy (k: 10), (37) ny82 (p: 2), (38) chef.

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Last Update 2007 Sep 24 04:59 (species record created: 2001 Jun 03 00:00)

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