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Cory punctatus - not.Photo improved

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Can anybody identify this? Sold as C.punctatus but isn't going to be so can any of you experts identify it.Not a great photo but hope it's good enough.Better photo to replace the first one.
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Corydoras agassizii
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Don't they usually have a black dorsal
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Just seen a photo on plecoaquuatics.co.uk which says mine are agassizi but I'm stll not convinced.
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Whatever it is it's in terrible nick.
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If it was in that state when you bought it I would be asking for a refund.

It looks to be close to C. ambiacus, but the image is not good enough to be certain.

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Better photo added.
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I would still go with C. ambiacus, but juvenile C. delfax is very similar.

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