Corydoras parallelus • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Corydoras parallelus** Burgess, 1993
Common Name(s)	C002, Two Line Cory
Type Locality	Rio Içana, Rio Negro drainage, Brazil.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - para LELL 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. This specific epithet refers to the parallel lines that run horizontally along the specimens 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: Brazil: Rio Negro Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Upper Negro, Içana (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Upper Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	24.0-27.0°C or 75.2-80.6°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	Tropical Fish Hobbyist v. 41 (no. 12) (450) - pp154 - Figs.
Registered Keepers	(1) Birger Amundsen, (2) Coryologist (k: 12), (3) somename, (4) Ironhead (k: 43), who also notes: "Slow to mature and poor fertility under varying conditions. Spawning is frequest and spawning activity typical Corydoras. Males actively spawns with recptive females. Egggs have been left in breeding aquaria with adults, left in breeding aquaria with adults removed, artificially incubated in several standard ways, viable eggs seem to always be scarce. Non fertile eggs evident with 8 hours. Fry easy keepers once hatched...typical corydoras fry. Eagerly accept Sera Micron and live Micro worms when newly free of egg sack, and move on to Grindle worms and Sera Vipagran or similar sinking food for small fish. Kept on shallow sand with air driven sponge filters. 10% water change daily. MAGNIFICENT FISH !!!!!", (5) jørn henning flåten, (6) bruce3, (7) Eric Bodrock (k: 29). 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 parallelus Burgess, 1993

Common Name(s)

C002, Two Line Cory

Type Locality

Rio Içana, Rio Negro drainage, Brazil.

Pronunciation

Kory DOOR ass - para LELL 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. This specific epithet refers to the parallel lines that run horizontally along the specimens 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: Brazil: Rio Negro
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Upper Negro, Içana (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro, Upper Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Temperature

24.0-27.0°C or 75.2-80.6°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

Tropical Fish Hobbyist v. 41 (no. 12) (450) - pp154 - Figs.

Registered Keepers

(1) Birger Amundsen, (2) Coryologist (k: 12), (3) somename, (4) Ironhead (k: 43), who also notes: "Slow to mature and poor fertility under varying conditions. Spawning is frequest and spawning activity typical Corydoras. Males actively spawns with recptive females. Egggs have been left in breeding aquaria with adults, left in breeding aquaria with adults removed, artificially incubated in several standard ways, viable eggs seem to always be scarce. Non fertile eggs evident with 8 hours. Fry easy keepers once hatched...typical corydoras fry. Eagerly accept Sera Micron and live Micro worms when newly free of egg sack, and move on to Grindle worms and Sera Vipagran or similar sinking food for small fish. Kept on shallow sand with air driven sponge filters. 10% water change daily. MAGNIFICENT FISH !!!!!", (5) jørn henning flåten, (6) bruce3, (7) Eric Bodrock (k: 29).

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Breeding Reports

None.