I found this topic helpful, as we had a sole habrosus, and weren't able to find more locally. We were curious if a school of trilineatus would be good/bad/indifferent for the habrosus' social instincts.

We did add 6 trilineatus, and it was terribly cute, as the habrosus was all over them when they ...

Thanks for the info. It didn't really matter what they are, as they're hilarious and we like them a lot.

Glad I'm not the only one that saw this, your idea seems sound that a wholesaler sell sheet is the likely origin of the name discrepancy. the stores with Habrosus ID'd as Hastatus are New Fish ...

We picked up these dwarf Corys, sold as C Hastatus

Getting them home and spending some time on the internets, they really look to me like C Habrosus, with the black splotches on the flanks. We figured the store had them mislabeled, but I recently saw the exact same cory at a different shop, and ...