Experts, What's the name of this cory? Please help

[chinook]

What's the name of this cory?
It looks to me as an elegans. Any of you to confirm? Is it a male/female?
For pictures see link: http://www.aquaforum.nl/ubb/ultimatebb. ... /1170.html

[MatsP]

It would help if you actually attached the photos here.

But I suspect it's a

Corydoras elegans

or similar. I could well be wrong. Sexing is hard on a single cory, as the best way to sex them is to look at a group from above (assuming they are adult and well fed enough) - the females will be bigger/fatter.

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Mats

[chinook]

Thanks for the quick reply. My pictures where to big to post over here, but you got a point.
Differance between the two(off course there are more in the tank) is the dorsalfin. One got a 'angele' the other one is a round shape. That's why i guessed it was a male/female elegans.
Thanks

[MatsP]

Not sure if this works for others, as some forums block "hot-linking" of forum content - so it may only work when you've viewd the images on the other site.

Some corys do indeed have dorsal differences between males and females.

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Mats

[chinook]

thanks matsP.
If you look in my link there are a few more pictures if you scroll down. Pictures of better quality>
chinook

[MatsP]

Ok. Since I'm a lazy person, I'll explain what I did: Right-click on the image in the other forum, then select "Copy image location", switch over to Planet Catfish, paste it in, and then selecct and click the "img" button.

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Mats

[chinook]

sory matsP
I can not get this option done.

[Carp37]

assuming these are the same fish in the thread, these are better pictures (just following Mats' instructions)

[chinook]

Thanks carp.
These are the same fish. Any idea of wich cory this is? Male/female?
Thanks in advance

[Carp37]

I'm hopeless on elegans-complex corys- I think Mats is right in that it's a species similar to elegans, but there are so many similar-looking species in this complex that you really need someone like Ian Fuller (Coryman) to give an ID.

[chinook]

Do you think the corry on the last picture has a problem with the fin on his back?

[MatsP]

Do you think the corry on the last picture has a problem with the fin on his back?

It is missing a chunk of the dorsal fin, but I wouldn't think it's a huge problem - this sort of injury heals pretty easily.

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Mats

[chinook]

Thanks again!

'wound' stays the same, so i don't think it is a bacterial infection.