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| Scientific Name | Corydoras pulcher Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1973 |
| Common Name(s) | Pretty Cory |
| Type Locality | Rio Purus, north of Lábrea, 7°20'S, 64°46'W, R. Amazonas system, Est. Amazonas, Brazil. |
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| Pronunciation | Kory DOOR ass - POOL chair |
| 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 beautiful (pulcher=beautiful). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 65mm (2.6") 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. C. pulcher is sometimes confused with CW028. C. pulcher has a single dark line along the body, CW028 has two parallel lines. |
| 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 | Rio Purus, Amazonas, Brazil. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes) , Purus (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| 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 | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Beaufortia v. 21 (no. 272) - pp2 - Figs. 1-2 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) Coryman, (2) cwm, (3) fulvioander (k: 3), (4) roland369, (5) jollysue (k: 8), who also notes: "these are a variant and not fully classified. They are V3 Variant III", (6) anitabritt (k: 6), who also notes: " 6 big wild caught ", (7) Julie, (8) Kampfer, (9) Birger Amundsen, (10) kvnbyl (k: 5), who also notes: "they were only about 1/2 inch long, someome must be breeding them in N.E", (11) jørn henning flåten, (12) saphphx (k: 6), (13) janne dahle (k: 6), (14) corybreed, (15) Mark Roesner, (16) saltcop, (17) Dave Rinaldo, (18) bunthid tumnontigoon (k: 9), (19) pleco_breeder (k: 5), who also notes: "Easier to breed than the lack of breeding reports would suggest. First spawn exactly one week after receiving them.", (20) spewydog (k: 8), (21) jimoo, (22) MHS, (23) Matthijs, (24) chef. 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 | 2012 Jan 12 13:00 (species record created: 2001 Jun 09 00:00) |
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