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| Scientific Name | Corydoras sterbai Knaack, 1962 |
| Common Name(s) | Sterba's Cory |
| Type Locality | Rio Guaporé, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | Kory DOOR ass - ster bye |
| 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. Specifically named in honour of Dr. Günther Sterba. |
| 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. It is hard to misidentify this species but it can be confused with Corydoras haraldschultzi, although the latter is a long nosed species where C. sterbai is the dome headed form - the easiest way to tell them apart is that the Sterba's Cory has white spots on its head from eyes down to snout. C. haraldschultzi does not. Corydoras sterbai has recently become available in albino form. |
| Sexing | Males are smaller and slimmer. Females grow larger and are much wider; most easily observed from above. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Rio Guapore, Mato Grosso, Brazil Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes)  , Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.0 - 7.6 |
| Temperature | 24.0-28.0°C or 75.2-82.4°F (Show others within this range) |
| Other Parameters | One species of Corydoras that does not seem to mind higher temperatures. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Readily accepts a wide variety of frozen and prepared foods in the aquarium. |
| 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 will suffice. |
| Compatibility | Peaceful. Tank raised fish are ideal first catfish for a beginner's community aquarium. Wild caught fish will tend to be more expensive and somewhat less hardy. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Keep in a shoal of at least 6 individuals ideally with similarly sized tetras and dwarf cichlids. A good species for the discus aquarium. |
| Breeding | See Shane's World article (link below). Tank-bred specimens that are frequently found in the shops appear relatively easy to breed, where wild-caught specimens are reported to be a bit more difficult. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Senckenb. Biol.v. 43 (no. 2) - pp131 - Pl. 12 (figs. 2a-c) |
| Registered Keepers | (1) discuscat, (2) MatsP (p: 7, k: 55), who also notes: "Got six to begin with, but one was "missing" last time I moved the big tank. Another two had "accidents" with a power-head that they got stuck on.
They have, however, bred, so I have at least one unknown in the tank.", "Several babies from three spawns.", "Babies bred from eggs captured in my RIO400 tank. ", "A few babies that have survived in the tank. ", "About a year or so old... Found more than I thought when I moved tanks around... ", "Fry... ", "3 of these are my old babies that I sold to the LFS... 4 are tank-bred from wherever LFS got them from...", (3) synoguy (k: 3), (4) Iwona (k: 9), (5) mummymonkey (k: 12), (6) daniel60, (7) CatBrat, (8) madattiver, (9) Keithj, (10) Tulio, (11) Barbie (k: 11), (12) chris 1 (k: 6), (13) Trident2004, (14) Lornek8, (15) hellocatfish, (16) ivokilli, (17) Oliver D., (18) racer36, (19) call_apple (k: 3), (20) corybreed (k: 10), (21) amergim, (22) bikerman6660, (23) Coryologist, (24) gage, (25) saphphx (k: 4), (26) LookVideos, (27) Heather2128 (p: 3), (28) Coryman, (29) NEONCORY (k: 110), who also notes: " Obtained 5 young Albino Form on 7/10/07", (30) GreenSynoMan (k: 2), (31) chrismarkham1982, (32) hatecrew24/7 (k: 4), who also notes: " got 4 of these, gonna buy some more", (33) FuglyDragon (k: 8), who also notes: "Several Spawns", (34) foffo (k: 5), (35) nettaigyo, (36) Daragh (k: 9), (37) apistomaster (k: 100), who also notes: "Regularly bred for commercial purposes.
~1000 pieces 2006-2007.", (38) Teelie (k: 6), who also notes: "Have them in a 29g right now with 6 Long-fin Blue Danios, Betta and Apple snails but plan to move them to a 40g breeder with a pair of Albino Bristlenoses by the end of the week. Also intend to get another 4-6 to enlarge the group.", (39) Richie Hell, (40) certan, (41) martijn, (42) AmLi (k: 8), (43) vernonlarge, (44) loafingloach (k: 6), who also notes: "my first purposely bred cory. eggs are small but still durable enough to remove by "rolling method". just give a few hours between laying and hardening. or better yet, just remove parents. almost as boisterous as C.aeneus", (45) cwm, (46) woofess, (47) Kampi (k: 7), who also notes: "Quarantined for 1 week, and then added to community tank. It took about four days for them to settle down in a CO2 enriched aquarium. One individual swims up and down along the glass of the 30 inch tall aquarium constantly except to eat.", (48) Birger Amundsen, (49) amygoodness, (50) humle (k: 7), (51) AngJo, (52) einstein-a-go-go, (53) greigzee (k: 10), who also notes: "03/11/07, noticed for first time they were spawning.", (54) Bengt F, (55) yogi69 (k: 5), (56) franc (k: 15), (57) dixon1990, (58) fulvioander (k: 4), (59) rimbaudsarm, (60) Carp37 (k: 4), who also notes: "Spawn twice a year most years (Spring and Autumn)- coinciding with temperature rise due to more direct sunlight in Summer, and house heating being switched on in Autumn.", (61) bslindgren (k: 6), who also notes: "This is my favourite cory. It has a certain dignity over it. They seem very hardy - of the 6 small ones I got (probably less than an inch) to join my big ones two have died, unfortunately. They are quite commonly browsing on plants fairly high in the", (62) Luka (k: 10), (63) Lydia, (64) caverman (k: 23), (65) rob1066 (k: 4), (66) Selveste_Preben (k: 26), (67) jollysue (k: 10), (68) Cory Lover 1, (69) Mazer, (70) invaderwithkey (k: 2), (71) Snowy (k: 10), (72) Walter, (73) irshprncsk, (74) hoplo (k: 20), (75) Plecofanatic1989 (k: 10), (76) defibf, (77) reneb (k: 3), (78) goodmike (k: 4), (79) Dolphin Dip, (80) corydoras, (81) Ironhead (k: 14), (82) glenny (k: 2), (83) gem400, (84) Firestorming (k: 16), (85) iramjohn, (86) Haavard Stoere (k: 16), (87) teddyman5 (k: 16), (88) alexmuchtar, (89) Suckermouth (k: 2), (90) Rootbear (k: 11), who also notes: "We have had several spawns, some eggs removed and hatched out but fry do not last more than a week. Some success in the tank with 3 visible fry.", (91) nooneknows (k: 20), (92) Koen (k: 15), (93) cymrucat (k: 2), who also notes: "had 3 but they love swinning into the filter jet outlet and when I removed the lid to plant a plant one must have pool jumped, V sad but a thing I've discovered all corys do naturally", (94) kwakermad (k: 10), (95) Gump (k: 2), (96) darkwolf29a, (97) juliemeikle (k: 3), (98) kenneth knutsen, (99) Gry, (100) Troender (k: 12), (101) myrheksa (k: 13), (102) misscoolkitty, (103) Liz H, (104) weisel (k: 9), (105) Olivier, (106) heavenesque, (107) ayshea (k: 4), (108) polardbear (k: 21), (109) SalmonAfrica, (110) theonetruepath (k: 3), (111) Dinyar, (112) stephaneg (k: 2), (113) rtw (k: 12), (114) jar (k: 12), (115) sulfur (p: 2), (116) daryn39, (117) Brie, (118) LowCat (k: 2), (119) kellygirl, (120) pureplecs (k: 4), (121) observant person (p: 2), (122) kamas88 (k: 23), who also notes: "Breeding several times", (123) kabaltah (k: 12), (124) Kampfer, (125) koter73, (126) HelloStranger, (127) fjack88, (128) chalkvandam, (129) HeadHunter, (130) Boromark, (131) apisto-nut, (132) krzys, (133) jac (k: 30), (134) Kingmickyb (k: 4), who also notes: "Got 4 of them, and 4 other corys (unsure of species) which all seem to be happy together.", (135) Kets (k: 4), (136) tophat665 (k: 7), (137) Aquariumfun (k: 126), (138) eriken (p: 2), (139) Phoxinus (k: 110), (140) johanx, (141) xander, (142) a2fishguy, (143) bevans (k: 4), who also notes: "I've not successfully sexed them yet. Have them in a 10 gallon at present with a pair of fancy guppies.", (144) sonovue, (145) chochiss, (146) fishmosy (k: 2), (147) GW_NL (k: 20), (148) RickE (k: 4), (149) thejudgement (k: 4), (150) AlaskanCorydoras (k: 4), who also notes: "Cute little spotted cories. ", (151) smithrc, (152) Nitro Cory, (153) Tom B (k: 4), (154) Lloydy (k: 6), (155) jha61, (156) pcreader, (157) Azarak (k: 8), (158) boogie (k: 3), (159) Fishguy2727, (160) mgamer20o0, (161) JustKia, who also notes: "Albino", (162) nomuken (k: 16), (163) coheedandcambriarules (k: 6), (164) Sponge Bob, (165) tcmfish (k: 2), (166) suprabiatch (k: 13), (167) Cory_lover (k: 8), (168) drd, (169) TheSmurfinator, (170) Greg Curtis, (171) robert521, (172) kwjkwj, (173) vince0 (k: 4), (174) jørn henning flåten, (175) ouscazz (k: 15), (176) topline, (177) cichlideakvarie.dk, (178) iljasas (k: 15), (179) rich815, (180) 05 LL Stang (p: 2), (181) elle_1313, (182) KnaveTO (k: 5), (183) ayrtoninst (k: 36), (184) Ozcattie (p: 2), (185) rodpam, (186) SHEAG35 (k: 55), (187) 2wheelsx2 (p: 2, k: 26), who also notes: "One died a while back.", (188) d3n2 (k: 6), (189) puresp (k: 65), (190) peterl, (191) vanillarum (k: 7), (192) dandyfang, (193) Zzyzx85, (194) Luis.Ventura, (195) PeterUK (k: 4), (196) groeneen (p: 4, k: 29), (197) Barracuda518 (k: 8), (198) nerdworks (k: 20), (199) keen-eyed (k: 54), (200) eggy080, (201) markhinch, (202) leej24 (k: 15), (203) cory777, (204) Hitch (k: 4), (205) Bartman (k: 4), (206) Rainyfly (p: 2), (207) sterba (k: 57), (208) fleshgear, (209) matti2uude (k: 6), (210) J Bluto, (211) bunthid tumnontigoon (k: 11), (212) terryd, (213) Hikarixz, (214) ranmasan (k: 5), who also notes: "bought at 0.75"", (215) rhibear (k: 9), (216) andywoolloo (p: 2, k: 17), who also notes: "many babies", "babies all over", (217) Avinitlarge (k: 10), (218) adcc (k: 5), (219) DuconLajoie, (220) bulldogsimon (k: 10), (221) har_eh (k: 12), (222) PlecoCrazy (k: 7), (223) jo o (k: 6), (224) Nuno Mendes (k: 20), (225) highoctane500 (k: 2), (226) cherabin, (227) LeeRoy (k: 7), who also notes: " These fish are about 3/4" long, there color is good, and they have the orange edged fins. ", (228) PanzerFodder (k: 6), (229) kwalker (k: 12), (230) Donald (k: 15), (231) boyneburn, (232) Steff_ (k: 12), (233) NC24, (234) janne dahle (k: 25), (235) mulley, (236) Ethanyo (k: 6), (237) nasdaq77, (238) aides, (239) jp11biod, (240) dave.h, (241) MarcW (k: 6), (242) Mowin (k: 6), (243) sheldon (k: 6), (244) aquaoahu (p: 2), (245) jpod, (246) Joost (k: 25), (247) aquachromis (k: 10), (248) Martin S (k: 6), (249) jimlaroche83 (k: 4), (250) brianmc, (251) SHEAG (k: 20), (252) coryla (k: 30), (253) miku, (254) chris521957, (255) Matt30 (k: 3), (256) wgtaylor, (257) Mark Roesner, (258) Armand (k: 25), (259) arapaimag (k: 11), (260) melancholy, (261) Sam (k: 6), (262) CATMAndrew (k: 3), (263) bluestbluedog (k: 6), (264) Dinnie, (265) reksteen, (266) sammy2875, (267) reefdive, (268) KansasGuppyGuy (k: 20), (269) rmc (k: 5), (270) CATMANdrew (k: 7), (271) Anthonyck (k: 4), who also notes: "Lost one of initial three. Others are eating beard algae and doing well. Added two more a week later.", (272) donpetty (k: 9), who also notes: "Kept in 55 gallon Amazon tank with whiptail cats and red lizards (L10a)", (273) AquariumLover04 (k: 6), (274) MHS, (275) xakkan (k: 3), (276) metalface2, (277) Shawnc, (278) backstreetgambler, (279) spewydog (k: 14), (280) fusco (k: 6), (281) Andypex (k: 15), who also notes: "2 Adult breeding groups brought together in this tank.", (282) jeff.l, (283) sendthis, (284) Catfish freak, (285) plecusmaximus10 (p: 3, k: 6), (286) funkyj1313, (287) vb75, (288) mikebren12 (k: 4), (289) L018 (p: 2), (290) Darren Balch, (291) richb, (292) jessonthenet, (293) Chris5787, (294) fish_mad_guy, (295) chef, (296) crusnik (k: 2), (297) David R (k: 10), (298) pleco_breeder (k: 55), who also notes: "Several fry have randomly grown up in the adults tank.", (299) mani29 (k: 4), (300) Maddin2007 (k: 20), (301) Ronja. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. 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| Breeding Reports | (1) har_eh (b: 24), (2) plecusmaximus10 (b: 10), (3) backstreetgambler (b: 10), (4) MatsP (b: 1). |
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