Corydoras spectabilis • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Corydoras spectabilis** Knaack, 2000
Common Name(s)	Millennium Cory
Type Locality	Upper Rio Guaporé, in the area of Vila Bela, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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 remarkably showy (spectabilis=showy, notable) appearance.
Species Information
Size	70mm (2.8") 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.
General Remarks	The first catfish described in the new millennium.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Guaporé River basin. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (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	Aquaristik aktuell (Germany) 1/2000 74
Registered Keepers	(1) fulvioander (k: 4), (2) AmLi, (3) Dave Rinaldo, (4) Rita Aspevik, who also notes: "Come with a wc group of C. caudimaculatus", (5) kamas88 (k: 2), who also notes: "Might also be cf. stectabilis, the snout form is a bit different", (6) Eric Bodrock (k: 8). 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 spectabilis Knaack, 2000

Common Name(s)

Millennium Cory

Type Locality

Upper Rio Guaporé, in the area of Vila Bela, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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 remarkably showy (spectabilis=showy, notable) appearance.

Species Information

Size

70mm (2.8") 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.

General Remarks

The first catfish described in the new millennium.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Guaporé River basin.
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (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

Aquaristik aktuell (Germany) 1/2000 74

Registered Keepers

(1) fulvioander (k: 4), (2) AmLi, (3) Dave Rinaldo, (4) Rita Aspevik, who also notes: "Come with a wc group of C. caudimaculatus", (5) kamas88 (k: 2), who also notes: "Might also be cf. stectabilis, the snout form is a bit different", (6) Eric Bodrock (k: 8).

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.