Corydoras schwartzi • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Corydoras schwartzi** Rössel, 1963
Common Name(s)	Schwartz's Cory, Schwartz's Corydoras
Type Locality	Mouth of Rio Purus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - SH WORts 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 for Mr. Schwartz.
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. Confused with C. parallelus, C. pulcher and C. ornatus.
Sexing	The female is wider bodied then the male is. Also the female is a little longer then the male at maturity but this is a less obviously in this species in comparison to congeners.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Brazil: Rio Purus Drainage Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Purus (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
pH	6.5 - 7.8
Temperature	22.0-24.0°C or 71.6-75.2°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Will eat most foods ranging from flake food to frozen foods such as blood worms and brine shrimp. Also include some sinking wafers.
Furniture	A species that appears to have a liking for plants, other than that provide a soft sand or small, rounded gravel substrate and some refuge that the cory can sit under. Not a cave, rather something like a piece of bogwood sitting about 3cm / 1 inch off the bottom.
Compatibility	A mainstay of the hobby and an ideal community catfish.
Suggested Tankmates	Keep in a shoal of at least three ideally more. Five to seven is best. Can be kept with any community fish as does not specifically require softer water. This species is still imported from the wild in large numbers, quarantine is recommended especially if adding groups to well established tanks.
Breeding	Has occasionally been bred in the aquarium; breeding follows the usual Cory formula. One published record details a water depth of 20cm, pH of 7.5, GH of 11°, KH 3° at a temperature of 23.3°C in a heavily planted tank.
Further Information
References	Senckenb. Biol.v. 44 (no. 5) - pp359 - Figs. 1-2
Registered Keepers	(1) Tulio, (2) timrome (p: 2), (3) christeeni (p: 2), (4) Yan, (5) azfisher (k: 3), (6) philtre, (7) Richie Hell, (8) certan, (9) taffytheballardbear, (10) Andersonic (k: 2), (11) Igowoof, (12) Daragh, (13) Corylover (k: 2), (14) amygoodness, (15) humle (k: 2), (16) einstein-a-go-go, (17) fulvioander (k: 2), (18) Selveste_Preben (k: 34), (19) Cory Lover 1, (20) Smilingpiranha (k: 7), (21) hoplo (k: 12), (22) Plecofanatic1989 (k: 5), (23) Only enemy of the state (k: 8), (24) mouseninja (k: 7), (25) cbr6fs (k: 4), (26) teddyman5, (27) spot86t, (28) anitabritt (k: 2), who also notes: "2 wc adults. ", (29) panaque (k: 3), (30) misscoolkitty, (31) NHL (k: 4), (32) San (p: 2), (33) polardbear (k: 10), (34) Crel (k: 2), (35) Julie, (36) daryn39, (37) Bartman (k: 2), (38) inkyjenn, (39) koter73, (40) Clammage (k: 2), (41) Kampfer, (42) smegforbrains, (43) gem400 (p: 2), (44) evesonevo (k: 3), (45) emperorted, (46) jha61, (47) eoibio, (48) Nick44, (49) Minus (k: 2), (50) Raptor (k: 2), (51) buller42 (k: 6), (52) stlpleco, (53) SHEAG35 (k: 10), (54) fishpimpin, (55) keen-eyed (k: 2), (56) fleshgear, (57) syno321, (58) katgermain (k: 2), (59) highoctane500 (k: 4), (60) percyplec, (61) bulati, (62) christiansen (k: 4), (63) aquaoahu, (64) tetra&catman, (65) Jude, (66) jvision, (67) SHEAG (k: 8), (68) Mark Roesner, (69) arapaimag (k: 2), (70) JamieH, (71) clydeboy, (72) Harry94 (k: 3), (73) MHS, (74) kiwiplymouth, (75) Decker504, (76) 4122Johns, (77) Vess, (78) anthonyking, (79) KansasGuppyGuy (k: 7), (80) KillieOrCory, (81) Eric Bodrock (k: 12), (82) dvdrew, (83) botguy13, (84) Thoth (k: 3), (85) Shaddex (k: 6), (86) Shazray, (87) Stefanus, (88) 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 schwartzi Rössel, 1963

Common Name(s)

Schwartz's Cory, Schwartz's Corydoras

Type Locality

Mouth of Rio Purus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Pronunciation

Kory DOOR ass - SH WORts 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 for Mr. Schwartz.

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.

Confused with C. parallelus, C. pulcher and C. ornatus.

Sexing

The female is wider bodied then the male is. Also the female is a little longer then the male at maturity but this is a less obviously in this species in comparison to congeners.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Brazil: Rio Purus Drainage
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Purus (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

6.5 - 7.8

Temperature

22.0-24.0°C or 71.6-75.2°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Will eat most foods ranging from flake food to frozen foods such as blood worms and brine shrimp. Also include some sinking wafers.

Furniture

A species that appears to have a liking for plants, other than that provide a soft sand or small, rounded gravel substrate and some refuge that the cory can sit under. Not a cave, rather something like a piece of bogwood sitting about 3cm / 1 inch off the bottom.

Compatibility

A mainstay of the hobby and an ideal community catfish.

Suggested Tankmates

Keep in a shoal of at least three ideally more. Five to seven is best. Can be kept with any community fish as does not specifically require softer water. This species is still imported from the wild in large numbers, quarantine is recommended especially if adding groups to well established tanks.

Breeding

Has occasionally been bred in the aquarium; breeding follows the usual Cory formula. One published record details a water depth of 20cm, pH of 7.5, GH of 11°, KH 3° at a temperature of 23.3°C in a heavily planted tank.

Further Information

References

Senckenb. Biol.v. 44 (no. 5) - pp359 - Figs. 1-2

Registered Keepers