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| Scientific Name | Corydoras oiapoquensis Nijssen, 1972 |
| Common Name(s) | Flag Tailed Panda Cory |
| Type Locality | Cumuri Creek at left bank of Oyapock R., French Guiana. |
| Pronunciation | Kory DOOR ass - oy ah poe KWEN siss |
| 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 after the main river that the type specimen was collected in. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 55mm (2.2") 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: French Guiana: Oyapock River basin Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, French Guyana Coastal Rivers, Oyapock (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Temperature | 23.0-28.0°C or 73.4-82.4°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 | Neth. J. Zool.v. 21 (no. 4) - pp425 - Fig. 7 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) mikey, (2) madattiver (k: 2), (3) Keithj (k: 3), (4) Barracuda518 (k: 8), (5) NEONCORY (k: 5), (6) fulvioander (k: 3), (7) thelivelylady, (8) corybreed (k: 7), (9) Julie, (10) cloudies, (11) reticulata, (12) Barbie, (13) Kampfer, (14) thejudgement (k: 5), (15) kerryteatsjr (k: 5), (16) chochiss, (17) gem400, (18) Azarak (k: 10), (19) theonetruepath (k: 2), who also notes: "From Vebas", (20) oxdeleon, (21) kim m (k: 10), who also notes: "German bred. Have spawned, but the fry is difficult to raise.", (22) tophat665 (k: 4), who also notes: "From Frank Cowherd", (23) topline, (24) donishi, (25) Rita Aspevik (k: 12), (26) SHEAG35 (k: 6), (27) keen-eyed (k: 11), (28) markhinch, (29) mummymonkey (k: 60), (30) Ironhead (k: 79), who also notes: "Maintained in 75 liter aquria, RO water, live and Sera pelleted foods. Heavily planted, fry remian in tank until 13mm.", (31) janne dahle (k: 10), (32) jp11biod, (33) andysfishhouse, (34) tetra&catman, (35) SHEAG, (36) Mark Roesner, (37) mace, (38) cpc1007 (k: 6), (39) Amazoniensis, (40) mds, (41) Shawnc (k: 10), (42) pleco_breeder (k: 6). 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. |
| More Resources |
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| Last Update | 2010 Oct 08 06:30 (species record created: 2001 Apr 28 00:00) |
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