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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hoplisoma loxozonum** (Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983)
Common Names	Dirty Bandit Cory Plettet Banditpansermalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Meta, Lomalinda near Río Ariari, trib. to Río Guaviare, southeast of Villavicencio, Colombia.
Synonym(s)	Corydoras loxozonus
Pronunciation	hop lee so mah - locks oh ZONE uss
Etymology	This specific epithet refers to the slanting (loxos=slanting) belt (zona=belt) of dark colour along its body.
Species Information
Size	49mm or 1.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	C079 is a variant that does not have the black diagonal stripe along the back.
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: Meta River basin in Colombia. Orinoco, Middle Orinoco, Meta (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco, Guaviare, Upper Guaviare, Ariari (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Temperature	21.0-24.0°C or 69.8-75.2°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Will readily accepted all prepared foods that reach the bottom of the aquarium such as tablets, granules and larger flakes. Live (or frozen) foods such as bloodworm, white worm, grindal worm (Enchytraeus), Daphnia and Tubifex are readily accepted and good for conditioning groups of fishes for spawning. User data.
Furniture	Ideally substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative. Avoid keeping over rough edged (chipped) gravel, this will increase this risk of damage the fishes barbels when it tries to dig. Substrate should be bordered with driftwood and aquatic plants leaving an open area for them to search for food and swim. The shade provided by overhanging rock work, arching bogwood, tall or floating plants are all that is required to settle these fishes.
Compatibility	A peaceful, shoaling, community fish.
Breeding	Has been bred in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There are 6 breeding reports, read them all here.
Further Information
Reference	Beaufortia v. 33 (no. 5), pp 67, Fig. 12.
Registered Keepers	There are 112 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Last Update	2024 Oct 04 12:15 (species record created: 2002 Jan 14 00:00)