Help Identifiying Corys

by **Super Coryman** on Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:06 pm

I bought these corys as C.julii. IMHO they are not julii. Any help ???

http://www.aquaworldnet.org/public/gallery/album/displaypic.asp?category=7&sortorder=4&total=4&catname=Freshwater_Aquarium

Thanks to any replier

by **oneoddfish** on Tue Mar 18, 2003 10:58 pm

It's not it's Trilineatus.These are very often sold as julli.

by **Jools** on Wed Mar 19, 2003 1:04 am

Hmm, wouldn't mind seeing another few pics, that looks like it might be C. leopardus.

Jools

by **Super Coryman** on Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:32 pm

I'll Try posting more pics.

PS Have C. Leopardus been breeded

by **Achim** on Wed Mar 19, 2003 6:57 pm

Hi,

Imo C. leopardus or a closely related species too.

PS Have C. Leopardus been breeded

Yes. According to Hans Evers Corydoras book they have been bred by Ernst Bilke. They are difficult to stimulate, darkening the tank (The method is called "Abdunklungsmethode" in german, i don't know if there is an equivalent in english) finally made them spawn.

Achim

by **Coryman** on Wed Mar 19, 2003 7:59 pm

Without getting a better look at the head I would say the fish was either C. leopardus or possibly C. gomezi. Definately not C. julii

C. leopardus

C. gomezi

Ian

by **Super Coryman** on Thu Mar 20, 2003 10:07 pm

Have C. Gomezi ever been bred ??? I'll try posting some more pics when I can.

PS. Ian are you Ian Fuller :?:

Thanks to any repliers

by **Coryman** on Thu Mar 20, 2003 11:19 pm

I'm afraid so

Ian

by **Super Coryman** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:05 pm

Hi
I've uploaded more pics. What do you think ???

http://www.aquaworldnet.org/public/gallery/album/displaypic.asp?category=7&sortorder=5&total=5&catname=Freshwater_Aquarium
If you can identify them how are they bred???

by **Graeme** on Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:56 pm

C.Leopardus.

(Hope i'm wrong tho!)

Graeme.

by **Coryman** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 12:58 am

I'm still not totally sure that my identification of C. gomezi is correct but I think your fish is the same species. It may turn out to be a new species altogether. Regarding breeding I don't think it has been.

Ian

by **Super Coryman** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:19 pm

How do you distinguish between C.Trilineatus, C.Gomezi, C.Julii, C.Leopardus ???

What do you think should I try to do to make them breed ???.

by **Coryman** on Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:12 pm

OK the first thing is that C. gomezi and C. leopardus are longnosed species and there are pictires of both on this thred.

C. trilineatus and C. julii have also been covered on Jan 9th and again on March 3rd.

This C. trilineatus / C. julii thing has been bugging me for years. The only way to prove which is which is to know exactly where they were caught.

When viewed head on C. julii are quite slim and not at all stocky looking like C. trilineatus. Exporters in South America use the name C. julii because they get more money for then than they do for C. trilineatus.

True C. julii female,

C. trilineatus

One other point between C. julii and C. trilineatus is that when viewed from the front C. julii are slightly compressed and C. trilineatus are very rounded.

Ian

by **Super Coryman** on Sat Mar 29, 2003 10:35 pm

Can someone explain the "Abdunklungsmethode" to me??

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