/callichthyidae/corydoras/crypticus/1.jpg "Corydoras crypticus(1) Male - Click to enlarge")
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/callichthyidae/corydoras/crypticus/3.jpg "Corydoras crypticus(3) Pair - female on right - Click to enlarge")
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| Scientific Name | Corydoras crypticus Sands, 1995 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Rio Miuã system of streams, possibly the Uarinabe stream, 10-12 km from its confluence of the upper Negro R., Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | Kory DOOR ass - KRIPP tee kuss |
| 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. In zoology, a cryptic animal is one that is difficult to observe. This may be due to camouflage, nocturnality, subterranean lifestyle, transparency, or mimicry. In this case, the specific epithet refers to mimicry of similarly coloured species. |
| 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. |
| 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: Brazil: upper Rio Negro Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes)  , Negro, Upper Negro (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Temperature | 22.0-25.0°C or 71.6-77°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 | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Freshwater Mar. Aquar.v. 18 (no. 7) - pp11 - Fig. 4 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2007 Jul 22 02:48 (species record created: 2001 Apr 13 00:00) |
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