Corydoras ID needed

benny · Post by **benny** » 16 Sep 2003, 19:24

Hi guys,

Got this fella together with some other cories a few weeks ago. It was a contaminant with a bunch of Corydoras similis. However, I can't really tell what it is...

Seems like a juli, but there's no dosal marking. Can't be a similis as the caudal and dosal fins are marked. Can't be a bondi as the lateral line is not that distinct, so it can't be a coppermensis either.

I'll see if I can get some more pictures later.

Any comments or advice is appreciated.

Thanks!

Regards,

benny · Post by **benny** » 16 Sep 2003, 20:10

Here are two more pictures that I've taken earlier..

Thanks!

Cheers,

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 17 Sep 2003, 06:51

Hi!

Your fish seems to have a mark on the caudal pedoncle like on similis but seems to be faded, he aslo seems to have a black line like you would find on C. Julii (I don't mean it is one)

I t could possibly be a Hybrid
Or a yet to be known species. Could you tell us more about where you got them from and the origin (wild caught, bred??)
Cheers
Yann

magnum4 · Post by **magnum4** » 17 Sep 2003, 22:06

my best guess would be a young araguaiaensis, or a tank inbread one. or option two a very good specimen of C59.

benny · Post by **benny** » 18 Sep 2003, 04:33

Hi guys,

Unfortunately the place where I get the fishes from don't not have any information on their origins. Judging from the varied size of the specimens from this shipment and the source of their supplier, there is a very good chance that this batch of Corydoras similis are wild caught. So this little contaminant/hybrid/variant should also be wild caught.

Cheers,

magnum4 · Post by **magnum4** » 18 Sep 2003, 19:24

If it is a wild cory then give it a few months and the colour will probably start to fade, probably due to the lack of copious amounts of live food. then identification may become easier.

magnum4 · Post by **magnum4** » 19 Sep 2003, 18:39

i've changed my mind again i now think it's more likely you have a very bright coloured (possibly male?) C. sanchesi. (just to ad a bit more confusion!)

Post by **Coryman** » 20 Sep 2003, 12:50

Could possibly be C. multimaculatus or even true C. xinguensis but not C. araguaiaensis. Without location details it is difficult to come up with a true identification.

Ian