Corydoras loxozonus • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Corydoras loxozonus** Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983
Common Name(s)	C079, C082, C083
Type Locality	Meta, Lomalinda near Río Ariari, trib. to Río Guaviare, southeast of Villavicencio, Colombia.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - locks oh ZONE 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 slanting (loxos=slanting) belt (zona=belt) of dark colour along its body.
Species Information
Size	55mm (2.2") 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) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Guaviare, Ariari (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	21.0-24.0°C or 69.8-75.2°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	Has been bred in the aquarium.
Further Information
References	Beaufortia v. 33 (no. 5) - pp67 - Fig. 12
Registered Keepers	(1) natefrog, (2) corybreed (k: 6), (3) Coryman, (4) philtre, (5) Daragh, (6) artemis1, (7) Dave Rinaldo (k: 12), (8) einstein-a-go-go, (9) H (k: 2), (10) anitabritt (k: 8), who also notes: "8 wc adults ( C082 ) ", (11) Pungen (k: 6), (12) myrheksa (k: 6), (13) Birger Amundsen, (14) corries, (15) Bartman, (16) Kampfer, (17) alyosha, (18) vernonlarge, (19) chris1932, (20) thejudgement (k: 2), (21) Gretesam (k: 6), (22) ligon, (23) keen-eyed (k: 10), (24) J Bluto (p: 2), (25) syno321, (26) mummymonkey (k: 6), (27) Ironhead (k: 4), (28) tony57, (29) jp11biod, (30) dave.h, (31) SHEAG, (32) Olaf (k: 3), (33) Mark Roesner, (34) MHS, (35) jeff.l, (36) mace, (37) reepo, (38) boyneburn, (39) chef, (40) lasteeves (k: 6), (41) Vess, (42) mikebren12 (k: 6), (43) ChristianS (k: 22), (44) MChambers (k: 4), (45) lurch1000 (k: 8), (46) Darren Balch, (47) Regina, (48) unstoppablejayd, (49) Shaddex (k: 9), (50) dav (k: 5), (51) crazyjock (k: 5), (52) mayza88. 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	(1) Shaddex (b: 25).
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Corydoras loxozonus Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983

Common Name(s)

C079, C082, C083

Type Locality

Meta, Lomalinda near Río Ariari, trib. to Río Guaviare, southeast of Villavicencio, Colombia.

Pronunciation

Kory DOOR ass - locks oh ZONE 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 slanting (loxos=slanting) belt (zona=belt) of dark colour along its body.

Species Information

Size

55mm (2.2") 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)
Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Guaviare, Ariari (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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

Temperature

21.0-24.0°C or 69.8-75.2°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

Has been bred in the aquarium.

Further Information

References

Beaufortia v. 33 (no. 5) - pp67 - Fig. 12

Registered Keepers

(1) natefrog, (2) corybreed (k: 6), (3) Coryman, (4) philtre, (5) Daragh, (6) artemis1, (7) Dave Rinaldo (k: 12), (8) einstein-a-go-go, (9) H (k: 2), (10) anitabritt (k: 8), who also notes: "8 wc adults ( C082 ) ", (11) Pungen (k: 6), (12) myrheksa (k: 6), (13) Birger Amundsen, (14) corries, (15) Bartman, (16) Kampfer, (17) alyosha, (18) vernonlarge, (19) chris1932, (20) thejudgement (k: 2), (21) Gretesam (k: 6), (22) ligon, (23) keen-eyed (k: 10), (24) J Bluto (p: 2), (25) syno321, (26) mummymonkey (k: 6), (27) Ironhead (k: 4), (28) tony57, (29) jp11biod, (30) dave.h, (31) SHEAG, (32) Olaf (k: 3), (33) Mark Roesner, (34) MHS, (35) jeff.l, (36) mace, (37) reepo, (38) boyneburn, (39) chef, (40) lasteeves (k: 6), (41) Vess, (42) mikebren12 (k: 6), (43) ChristianS (k: 22), (44) MChambers (k: 4), (45) lurch1000 (k: 8), (46) Darren Balch, (47) Regina, (48) unstoppablejayd, (49) Shaddex (k: 9), (50) dav (k: 5), (51) crazyjock (k: 5), (52) mayza88.

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Breeding Reports

(1) Shaddex (b: 25).