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| Scientific Name | Corydoras aeneus (Gill, 1858) |
| Common Name(s) | Albino Cory, Bronze Cory |
| Type Locality | Trinidad Island, West Indies. |
| Synonym(s) | Callichthys aeneus, Corydoras macrosteus, Corydoras microps, Hoplosoma aeneum |
| Pronunciation | Kory DOOR ass - ah NAY uss |
| 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. Latin aeneus, brazen, of copper. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 75mm (3") 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. A very variable species. See catfish of the month link below. Occasionally confused with Brochis spp. but can be distinguished fairly easily by the number of rays and shape of dorsal fin - Corydoras have less than ten rays, Brochis have ten or more rays. |
| Sexing | Males are smaller (up to 65mm) and slimmer. Females grow larger and are much wider which can most easily be observed from above. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Tropical South America Amazon (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) La Plata  , Paraná , Paraguay (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)La Plata , Paraná (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| pH | 6.5 - 7.5 |
| Temperature | 21.0-27.0°C or 69.8-80.6°F (Show others within this range) |
| Other Parameters | Generally should be kept at a temperature of around 24°C, water current should not be fierce. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | All prepared and suitably sized live foods are taken. |
| 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. |
| Compatibility | A perfect citizen. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Keep in a shoal of at least 6 individuals - ideal first catfish for a beginner's community aquarium. |
| Breeding | Easily accomplished with captive raised stock. Some colour varieties are more challenging than others. Given the presence of a suitably egg-laden female and a mature male or two, spawning can be triggered by a large, cool water change. Try changing 30-40% of the aquarium water (at 21°C) and bring the temperature down to 16°C. Do this slowly over an hour or two.The fish should respond by spawning in the classic 'T' formation method. Here, using one of his pectoral fins, the male clamps the female to his side by her barbels and fertilizes a small batch of eggs held within the protective basket formed by her pelvic fins. The adhesive eggs are then placed on plants or aquarium walls and the process repeated. The eggs take 3-4 days to hatch. It is safe to leave well fed parents with the eggs, but some breeders prefer to remove the eggs, or indeed parents, to avoid any temptation of an easy snack. For the first few days of their life, pre-soaked powdered flake food should be fed to the fry. After the first 3 or 4 days, newly hatched brineshrimp can also be sparingly used to bring on the fishes growth. As the fish grow more and more foods can be offered in line with the size of the developing juveniles. Adult colouration is reached in around nine weeks. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York v. 6 (nos. 10-13) |
| Registered Keepers | (1) TP (k: 3), (2) synoguy (k: 3), (3) natefrog, (4) Dick F., (5) bronzefry, (6) boyneburn (k: 12), (7) ali12345 (k: 5), (8) hoplo (p: 2, k: 998), who also notes: "Can not stop these spawning
354 juveniles in one tank and 463 in another.
Highest count so far from one female, juveniles counted in to growing on tank is 776.
Spawned 6/8/2008.", (9) Tulio, (10) Colin Keightley (k: 3), (11) keanock, (12) Lornek8, (13) hellocatfish, (14) call_apple (k: 7), (15) geoffkemp (k: 3), (16) sherry44 (k: 12), who also notes: "These are the first fish I have ordered by mail order. Very impressed by the speed of dilivery and pakaging. All 12 fish fine and well.", (17) saphphx (k: 3), (18) LookVideos, (19) Travis_Conklin, (20) cats4me, (21) Heather2128 (p: 2), (22) Yan, (23) geo_hal, (24) mikelouth, (25) BigMoneee, (26) CatBrat, (27) Wiziwizz, (28) dr_evil_01 (k: 5), who also notes: "Two juveniles are of the Albino variety, and the other two are Bronze.", (29) chrismarkham1982, who also notes: "The albino is a cool fish very lively in my tank always doing something (nearly always). i have also found these very easy to keep which is a bonus, oh yeah... the kids love it!", (30) Barracuda518 (k: 23), (31) philtre, (32) Topaztas, (33) FuglyDragon (k: 5), who also notes: "Both std and albino
Several spawns", (34) jdsworld8, (35) Kenotia (k: 6), who also notes: "My poor Cory's have been through a lot, from my bumbling attempts at starting a tank to a scare when the power went out and the temperature plummeted, but the two females have survived and are now living with four 3 week old C. aeneus.", (36) Richie Hell (p: 3), (37) Jack McDonald, who also notes: "I purchased one initially, but after learning that they need to be in schools, purchased five more. Wonderful little fish, they love scouring the bottom of the tank looking for food.", (38) Owch, (39) Redcatman, who also notes: "I live in a soft water area. The only water quality parameter measured regularly is pH which is kept between 6.5 and 7.0. Ammonia and nitrite are usually zero when I do occasionally measure it. Nitrate controlled by parial water changes every 2-3 weeks. The tank is filtered using an old (40 years!)Eheim external filter which has been in continuous use since it was purchased. Contains various Eheim filter materials also bought 40 years ago. Only material replaced is a layer of filter wool. Filter is cleaned out when water flow drops which is usually every 2-3 months.", (40) Cicolid, (41) vernonlarge, (42) Jackp1ne, (43) loafingloach (k: 3), who also notes: "albinos! energetic! I have never seen such an ADD cory as these. don't buy from mega chains! my first cories died withing a month. I gave these guys another chance when I was able to get some from a fellow fish nut. they are very happy now.", (44) Chi-Chi (p: 4), (45) Igowoof, (46) cwm, (47) Daragh (k: 58), who also notes: "Breeding group of 3 males and 4 females, spawn reqularly. Numbers above include 5 juvenile hi-fin aeneus.", (48) artemis1, (49) killerklown (p: 2), (50) MHunt (k: 9), (51) Monkeh, (52) bony plates (k: 4), (53) Redfish (k: 2), (54) Deb (k: 5), who also notes: "Kept many of this species for about 6+ years.", (55) chris 1 (k: 4), (56) amygoodness, (57) Belial (k: 2), (58) humle (k: 7), (59) einstein-a-go-go, (60) anthony mcdonald (k: 5), (61) matthi22004, (62) Cyberbob, (63) franc (k: 6), (64) Coryman, (65) Plecofanatic1989 (k: 4), (66) dannyr63, (67) roland369, (68) rimbaudsarm, (69) Lydia, (70) jjkolodz (k: 8), (71) bslindgren (k: 6), (72) Luka (k: 7), (73) denis (k: 5), (74) Gopherboy (k: 4), (75) jollysue (k: 25), who also notes: "12+ common bronze
12+ long fin C. aeneaus C. aeneus
C. aeneus long fins", (76) bang, (77) Cory Lover 1, (78) Caimenboy, (79) Walter, (80) kagal, (81) soltarii007, (82) GoGoCactus, (83) steelhorse, (84) Mrs.JP, (85) Smilingpiranha (k: 6), (86) Reptilian, (87) wheel1 (k: 2), (88) Eddie, (89) iramjohn, (90) Elric_Edward (p: 2), (91) Only enemy of the state (k: 20), (92) YSR50, (93) reneb (k: 6), (94) lene.keiserud, (95) Pungen (k: 32), (96) myrheksa (k: 29), (97) mouseninja (k: 4), who also notes: "2 bronze, 2 albino ", (98) fraggle (k: 2), who also notes: "Albino ", (99) Sarajute, (100) favouriteslave (k: 4), who also notes: "3 juveniles are albino.", (101) cmfoggy (k: 6), (102) H (k: 8), (103) teddyman5, (104) alexmuchtar (p: 2, k: 4), who also notes: "Bronze Cory", "Albino Cory", (105) catxx (k: 2), who also notes: "albinos. moved to my brothers tank.", (106) nooneknows, (107) watersprite, (108) spot86t, (109) BooUrns!, who also notes: "Albino ", (110) Azaezl (k: 4), (111) cymrucat (k: 3), who also notes: "They have just laid eggs on the glass and java fern some now in the tank in a breeding net others left and the rest in a mini tank , fingers crossed and counting", (112) Achmenrah_666 (p: 2), (113) kenneth knutsen, (114) c arri10 (k: 2), (115) bevans, who also notes: "Albino variety.", (116) corylover14, (117) thelivelylady (k: 2), (118) tomh, (119) Loracidlover (k: 71), (120) naturalart, (121) griffl, (122) jb92 (p: 2, k: 8), (123) Plunt (k: 2), (124) astroaquaria (k: 3), (125) corycat, (126) NHL (k: 12), (127) San, (128) sarae, (129) Dinyar, (130) Wels (k: 4), (131) Ill (p: 2), (132) briggadane (k: 6), (133) wardcorp (k: 3), (134) mini-fée, (135) amergim, (136) CubCariboo (k: 2), (137) kubastanik, (138) canuckgirleh, (139) aledk85 (k: 3), who also notes: "albino", (140) Mariea, (141) SOBERKITTY (k: 2), (142) reticulata, (143) OldMan, (144) observant person, (145) GixxerBabe, (146) kabaltah (k: 12), (147) Dongjin-Kang (k: 3), (148) LexaCG (k: 15), who also notes: "Started with 1 pair who spawned all the others. Pulled eggs only once (resulting in 7 babies). The rest have come from in tank spawning and hatching.", (149) iam1ru12 (k: 4), who also notes: "I have the albino variety.", (150) NewFishKeeper, (151) AimsPink, (152) koter73 (k: 7), (153) fjack88, (154) mgamer20o0, (155) chalkvandam, (156) jac, (157) ikkle_darlin, (158) Clammage, (159) geekshow, (160) evesonevo, (161) apisto-nut, (162) Kampfer (k: 3), (163) catfish hippy man DS (k: 3), (164) Ursus sapien (k: 4), who also notes: "Pair + 2 adult offspring. Ongoing spawns. 20 - 50 eggs, always on glass. temp 23C-25C, pH ~6.8, soft sand and fist sized+ river rock-pile.", (165) a2fishguy (k: 3), (166) coppernite (k: 7), (167) Marguarretthe, (168) Kets (k: 6), (169) retchub, (170) skaskankerbr, (171) snaggle (k: 10), who also notes: "10 WC gold shoulder ", (172) tophat665 (k: 12), who also notes: "6 Albinos: SA Stream Community. Breed Regularly.
6 Standard: Juvenile/Unsexed. Kept with Montezuma Swords, Kribs, and CW010 Cories.", (173) Khalid (p: 2), (174) smegforbrains (p: 2), (175) Chlngr (k: 3), (176) AlaskanCorydoras (k: 5), who also notes: "Getting big. I suspect they'll be ready to spawn soon.
", (177) gem400, (178) fishmosy, (179) blufox, (180) EagleC (k: 8), (181) GT_ERE95, who also notes: "It got stuck between a pot and the wall, and when I found it it was dead. :( ", (182) JoJo3131 (k: 5), (183) AlbertoD, (184) fishbguy (k: 4), (185) chochiss, (186) Nitro Cory, (187) Reginator (p: 2, k: 7), (188) matti2uude, (189) arzerkle, (190) hotsauce48 (p: 2, k: 4), (191) NorthHawk (k: 5), (192) pbyrley, (193) Nick44 (p: 2, k: 4), (194) Mandrake (k: 4), (195) rfb, (196) masterplan, (197) shaunypoo (k: 6), who also notes: "Started with 8 juvy from auction, 6 left. All albino.", (198) JustKia (k: 3), who also notes: "Albinos", (199) Krib (k: 7), (200) DiHo, (201) nomuken (k: 4), (202) KTLM (k: 4), (203) jo o (p: 2, k: 26), (204) angelhologram, (205) AU_Arowana-RG (p: 2), (206) Sponge Bob, (207) corymkl, (208) Chris5787 (k: 7), (209) acidise, (210) OddOscar (k: 4), (211) dalexander (k: 3), (212) TheSmurfinator, (213) Csababá, (214) Greg Curtis, (215) DJ-don (k: 22), who also notes: "seems to be 1 female and 6 males", (216) amazonelover, (217) Ava, (218) buller42 (k: 35), (219) leej24 (k: 8), (220) mangopleco (k: 2), who also notes: "the bronze gets along with the albino", (221) dbhewitt63 (k: 2), (222) mightymaki, (223) Greggyfest (k: 2), (224) Raptor, (225) sampster5000, (226) ewurm, (227) Billybob, (228) iljasas (k: 20), (229) dasfocus198720, (230) JothaR (k: 2), (231) rich815, (232) Bjørn, (233) stuart henson (k: 2), (234) stlpleco, (235) ayrtoninst (k: 50), (236) Patzee (p: 2, k: 10), who also notes: "50-60 fry 10/29", "Albino", (237) harpchad (p: 2), (238) Timberwolf (k: 6), (239) vega77 (k: 10), (240) corydoras, (241) jacobhayes79 (k: 10), (242) jha61 (p: 2), (243) Harry94 (k: 5), (244) lethalcustoms00, (245) oli (k: 122), (246) danny.450, (247) Nichof (k: 4), (248) Persephone, (249) Ullopincrate, (250) fishpimpin, (251) coelacanth, (252) ocnluv13 (k: 2), (253) corycrazy (p: 2, k: 3), who also notes: "albino", (254) Djthomas, (255) crabman71 (p: 2), (256) Bartman (k: 5), (257) Rainyfly, (258) J Bluto, (259) fleshgear, (260) katgermain, (261) Kestrix, (262) Derzel (p: 2, k: 8), (263) Avinitlarge (k: 4), (264) taninsama, (265) cichlidman16yearsold (k: 6), who also notes: "have not had that long so dont now that much about them ", (266) roadkingray, (267) musilvr4eva (k: 3), (268) TRD (k: 2), who also notes: "These are albino", (269) stensson (k: 7), (270) MichaelC95 (p: 2), (271) adcc, (272) freakkmeister (k: 6), (273) Lygen, who also notes: "Albino", (274) alpha, (275) Nuno Mendes (k: 7), (276) richoman_3 (k: 3), (277) highoctane500 (k: 2), (278) Bubbles2112, (279) huffmagx, (280) NC24 (p: 2), (281) Amazoniensis (k: 10), (282) centropy (k: 2), (283) [Lex], (284) vibaldi (k: 6), (285) pandalove81, (286) excuzzzeme (k: 25), (287) FishandFire, (288) wpitel (k: 3), (289) sheldon, (290) aquaoahu, (291) andysfishhouse, (292) trebor69, (293) roacan, (294) MMK1996 (k: 6), (295) gem997 (k: 8), who also notes: "3 are longfinned", (296) hankinswood (k: 2), (297) jimlaroche83 (k: 2), (298) bbdean04, (299) retroculus, (300) Anthonyck (k: 5), who also notes: "One of first pair may have had a problem, as it displayed erratic behaviors such as swimming in a spiral pattern, as if one side of it's body were paralyzed. Lost on or about Apr 16. Added two more on 04/19. Had several episodes in a week of having to rescue a tangled Cory from the java moss, and later lost one after it got wedged among a group of air lines, and yet another after that! I put a piece of under gravel uptake tube over the lines, snug into a corner, and lost another one that got wedged between the tube and glass. Ughh... Back down to 5 on 05/19. Picked up a 6th again 5/22. It's a trade-in fish of someone else's, and likely a pretty old, full-grown adult. I hope the kids keep him youthful.
11/10/11 - that older specimen and only one other of that group survived a power outage while we were gone for four days. Added a few standard bronze corys and lost one, so back to 5 for this species.", (301) catus123, (302) Sam (k: 10), (303) Sandtiger (k: 2), (304) Streptococcus, (305) Mark Roesner (k: 5), (306) Quo (k: 2), (307) Darren Balch (k: 18), who also notes: "I have a mixture of Bronze & Albino. Over the past few months they have all started spawning.", (308) crkinney (k: 5), who also notes: "Don't know who the daddy is", (309) arapaimag (k: 26), (310) snowflake311, (311) clownbarb1 (p: 2), (312) ybraminim (k: 5), (313) Hellcatt (k: 2), (314) This Old Spouse (p: 2), (315) JamesStuddart (p: 2, k: 12), (316) wabisabigirl, (317) Cyberdragon (k: 4), (318) extratea, (319) nerdoutlaw (p: 2, k: 2), (320) corielover (k: 8), who also notes: "Amazing, love foraging in the gravel and hanging out by the plants.", (321) scrup, (322) sasdrum (k: 4), (323) Dinnie, (324) Gertbl (k: 7), (325) Draco Spectrum (k: 4), (326) clydeboy (k: 3), who also notes: "Albino added in december", (327) KansasGuppyGuy (k: 9), (328) rmc (k: 5), (329) Corygal (k: 6), (330) donpetty (p: 2, k: 7), who also notes: "One of the first and easiest Corys to spawn. A Favorite!", "Both Green & Albino's", (331) minkweir, (332) Shawnc, (333) monoxide46 (k: 7), who also notes: "They are my dreamboats", (334) Mata Negra (k: 3), (335) milosz (p: 2, k: 4), (336) joselaz5780, (337) Sweety (p: 3, k: 5), (338) Donaldm (k: 10), who also notes: "Bronze & Albino", (339) Roland, (340) Jessia, (341) markmoten (k: 4), (342) jeff.l, (343) Alisana, (344) anthonyking, (345) WillowRose, (346) Catfish freak, (347) dolgolev, (348) slayer5590, (349) fahaka, (350) Arlington (k: 5), (351) vb75 (k: 5), (352) james gilbertson (k: 2), (353) madtundra, (354) fharaujo, (355) jakkals, (356) hoblob, (357) archaquatics, (358) kitty2234 (k: 14), (359) GouldyUK, (360) poopfaceman, (361) tomr (k: 16), (362) tonet, (363) steveh28 (k: 4), (364) crusnik (k: 29), (365) Hoyo12, (366) CoryDan, (367) Ronja. 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 | (1) wpitel (b: 47), (2) kitty2234 (b: 14), (3) Cyberdragon (b: 1). |
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