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| Scientific Name | Corydoras gossei Nijssen, 1972 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Near Guajará Mirim, 10°50'S, 65°21'W, Rio Mamoré system, Est. Rondônia, Brazil. |
| Pronunciation | Kory DOOR ass - GAW say eye |
| 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 to honour Dr. Jean-Pierre Gosse. |
| Species Information | |
| 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. May be confused with C. seussi, but this species has a rounded snout, C. seussi has a pointed snout. |
| 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: Rio Mamoré Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes)  , Madeira, Mamoré (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) |
| 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 | See Shane's World article |
| Further Information | |
| References | Neth. J. Zool.v. 21 (no. 4) - pp424 - Fig. 6 |
| Registered Keepers | (1) Promod, (2) madattiver (k: 5), (3) Keithj (k: 4), (4) Coryologist (k: 12), (5) Coryman, (6) philtre, (7) AmLi (k: 6), (8) Daragh (k: 8), (9) fulvioander (k: 8), (10) jollysue (k: 6), (11) Mazer, (12) kenneth knutsen, (13) gismo5001, (14) jar (k: 8), (15) cloudies, (16) Kampfer, (17) kamas88 (k: 9), (18) gem400, (19) paul b 76 (k: 6), (20) chochiss, (21) thejudgement (k: 3), (22) Cory_lover (k: 4), (23) donishi, (24) SHEAG35 (k: 10), (25) cory777 (k: 4), (26) sterba (k: 28), (27) Ironhead (k: 34), who also notes: "Breeders housed in 75 liter aquaria, red flint creek gravel, heavily planted, RO water with driftwood and oak or almond leaves. 25% water changes twice weekly. Air driven sponge filters with Magnum 250 1 micron polisher for current. Food: constant source of black worms in gravel, live white worms, Sera Vitformo and Plankton tabs, Sera Vipagran Baby,", (28) rayfong, (29) jp11biod, (30) dave.h, (31) Mowin (k: 12), (32) Rita Aspevik (k: 14), (33) SHEAG (k: 4), (34) coryla (k: 15), (35) Mark Roesner, (36) clownbarb1, (37) Rainbow (k: 5), (38) ars (k: 5), (39) spewydog (k: 6), (40) boyneburn, (41) mace, (42) JamieH (k: 5). 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 | 2008 Jun 25 10:26 (species record created: 2001 Apr 21 00:00) |
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