Corydoras melanotaenia • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Corydoras melanotaenia** Regan, 1912
Common Name(s)	Elongate Bronze Cory, Green Gold Catfish
Type Locality	Honda, Río Meta system of Río Orinoco, Tolima, Honda, 12°21'N, 71°47'W, Colombia.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - mell ann oh TANE ee ah
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 the black (melan=black) stripe (taenia= stripe or ribbon) that runs down its body.
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.
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: Colombia: Rio Meta Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Meta (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	20.0-23.0°C or 68-73.4°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	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 8)v. 10 (no. 57) - pp217
Registered Keepers	(1) guillermo racines, (2) Yan, (3) NEONCORY (k: 27), (4) Keithj (k: 3), who also notes: "Do well in pH ~7 and medium hardness. Eat any normal food - flakes, granules and frozen. Very shy and very fast swimmers. Mine bred in a cory community tank but I saw no evidence of the spawning. It seems to have been triggered by a lowered KH and an", (5) philtre, (6) Daragh, (7) Birger Amundsen, (8) fulvioander (k: 2), (9) jollysue (k: 6), (10) lizimal (k: 2), who also notes: "Dec 2008 Two of our melanotaenia have mysteriously disappeared from the tank, along with one punctatis. No bodies or any remnants at all.", (11) H, (12) Lightbringer (k: 4), (13) teddyman5 (k: 3), (14) Azaezl (k: 5), (15) anitabritt (k: 10), who also notes: "10 wc adults most males ", (16) gismo5001, (17) rayrich (k: 14), (18) Kampfer, (19) OddOscar (k: 8), (20) saphphx (k: 5), (21) fishpimpin, (22) Nabobmob1, (23) jp11biod, (24) dave.h, (25) Mark Roesner, (26) JamesStuddart (p: 2, k: 21), (27) xavierD., (28) donpetty (k: 7), who also notes: "I find them to be very shy. They are provided with sand, wood and live plants so that they feel comfortable.", (29) mace, (30) gforcefx, (31) MChambers (k: 8), who also notes: "Tank raised", (32) Arlington, (33) Vess, (34) KitWitty (k: 3), (35) HenkeP (k: 70), (36) darr3ll, (37) unstoppablejayd, (38) keig0006, (39) duxallinarow. 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

Scientific Name

Corydoras melanotaenia Regan, 1912

Common Name(s)

Elongate Bronze Cory, Green Gold Catfish

Type Locality

Honda, Río Meta system of Río Orinoco, Tolima, Honda, 12°21'N, 71°47'W, Colombia.

Pronunciation

Kory DOOR ass - mell ann oh TANE ee ah

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 the black (melan=black) stripe (taenia= stripe or ribbon) that runs down its body.

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.

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: Colombia: Rio Meta
Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Meta (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Temperature

20.0-23.0°C or 68-73.4°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

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 8)v. 10 (no. 57) - pp217

Registered Keepers

(1) guillermo racines, (2) Yan, (3) NEONCORY (k: 27), (4) Keithj (k: 3), who also notes: "Do well in pH ~7 and medium hardness. Eat any normal food - flakes, granules and frozen. Very shy and very fast swimmers. Mine bred in a cory community tank but I saw no evidence of the spawning. It seems to have been triggered by a lowered KH and an", (5) philtre, (6) Daragh, (7) Birger Amundsen, (8) fulvioander (k: 2), (9) jollysue (k: 6), (10) lizimal (k: 2), who also notes: "Dec 2008 Two of our melanotaenia have mysteriously disappeared from the tank, along with one punctatis. No bodies or any remnants at all.", (11) H, (12) Lightbringer (k: 4), (13) teddyman5 (k: 3), (14) Azaezl (k: 5), (15) anitabritt (k: 10), who also notes: "10 wc adults most males ", (16) gismo5001, (17) rayrich (k: 14), (18) Kampfer, (19) OddOscar (k: 8), (20) saphphx (k: 5), (21) fishpimpin, (22) Nabobmob1, (23) jp11biod, (24) dave.h, (25) Mark Roesner, (26) JamesStuddart (p: 2, k: 21), (27) xavierD., (28) donpetty (k: 7), who also notes: "I find them to be very shy. They are provided with sand, wood and live plants so that they feel comfortable.", (29) mace, (30) gforcefx, (31) MChambers (k: 8), who also notes: "Tank raised", (32) Arlington, (33) Vess, (34) KitWitty (k: 3), (35) HenkeP (k: 70), (36) darr3ll, (37) unstoppablejayd, (38) keig0006, (39) duxallinarow.

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Breeding Reports

None.