Anyone in the US breeding C. Metae or C. Adolfi?

Jeffrey Richard · Post by **Jeffrey Richard** » 22 Mar 2007, 17:35

Please post or PM me. Thanks

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 22 Mar 2007, 18:03

Yes these two species are being bred both in the USA and abroad. Check out http://www.corysrus.com catfish corner forum.

I am presently a little confused about the correct species name for C. adolphi I think that they may be a synomym with C. duplicareous, a species I am spawning.

I consider the lovely Corydoras metae a bit harder to breed but it is being bred successfully by many aquarists. I haven't tried them myself but they are among my favorite Corydoras. I just can't get a high enough price for them from the fish shops that buy my tank raised fish because the cost of the imported fish is low.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 23 Mar 2007, 09:13

If we're talking about C. adolfoi Burgess, 1982, then it's not a synonym in the Cat-eLog, nor according to either of CLOFFSCA and Fishbase. Who says they are synonyms to C. duplicareous Sands, 1995? [And if there was a synonymy here, it would be C. duplicareous that was a synonym of C. adolfoi, since the latter is the older name]

They are from the same area, but that's not meaning they are the same species...

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Mats

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 23 Mar 2007, 15:45

Hi Matt,

Thank you for the clarification. The two are frequently imported together under the name C. adolfi.
I believed them to be separate species but I allowed doubt to creep into my mind.