Corydoras longipinnis • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Corydoras longipinnis** Knaack, 2007
Common Name(s)	CW003
Type Locality	Río Dulce, some 20 kilometers downstream from Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina, about 27°29'29''S, 64°41'58''W.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass
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 refers to its long fins (pinnis=fin).
Species Information
Size	61mm (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.
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: Río Dulce in Agentina. Mar Chiquita, Dulce (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
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	Vertebrate Zoology v. 57 (no. 1)
Registered Keepers	(1) Coryman, (2) Keithj (k: 4), (3) cwm, (4) Coryologist, (5) Bas Pels (k: 8), who also notes: "Collected in lago Durant, treinta y tres, Uruguay", (6) gem400 (k: 8), (7) evesonevo (k: 2), (8) saphphx (k: 3), (9) matti2uude (k: 4), (10) Mark Roesner (k: 4), (11) minkweir, (12) mace, (13) kim m, (14) boyneburn, (15) French47, who also notes: "I bought this in a batch of peppered cats, It is kept in a temperate tank at 69.5 deg. the tank is furnished with Bog wood and lots of plants. It is happy to group up with my other cats. It seems to eat frozen food and algae wafers and any flake that gets to the bottom", (16) Vess. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Corydoras longipinnis Knaack, 2007

Río Dulce, some 20 kilometers downstream from Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina, about 27°29'29''S, 64°41'58''W.

Pronunciation

Kory DOOR ass

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 refers to its long fins (pinnis=fin).

Species Information

Size

61mm (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.

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: Río Dulce in Agentina.
Mar Chiquita, Dulce (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

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

Vertebrate Zoology v. 57 (no. 1)

Registered Keepers

(1) Coryman, (2) Keithj (k: 4), (3) cwm, (4) Coryologist, (5) Bas Pels (k: 8), who also notes: "Collected in lago Durant, treinta y tres, Uruguay", (6) gem400 (k: 8), (7) evesonevo (k: 2), (8) saphphx (k: 3), (9) matti2uude (k: 4), (10) Mark Roesner (k: 4), (11) minkweir, (12) mace, (13) kim m, (14) boyneburn, (15) French47, who also notes: "I bought this in a batch of peppered cats, It is kept in a temperate tank at 69.5 deg. the tank is furnished with Bog wood and lots of plants. It is happy to group up with my other cats. It seems to eat frozen food and algae wafers and any flake that gets to the bottom", (16) Vess.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.