Cory quartet for IDs

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Cory quartet for IDs

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Hi All,
Need help to Id these cories.once again ,much appreciated in advance,
Cory #1
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Cory#2
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Cory#3
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Cory#4
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Now, I am famously rubbish at Cory ID's but here goes.

1.
Corydoras melanotaenia
(but the fins don't seem yellow?)
2.
Corydoras leopardus
- 40% certain - ask a cory dude!
3.
Corydoras simulatus

4. Spots look too big for
Corydoras melanistius
- so maybe a c-number?

I await correction!

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I agree with Jools on the first 2, but 3 is closer to C. ellisae I think and 4 could be C. leucomelas.
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I'm in the "Jools category" for cory ID's i think :wink: but i think Kim M has got number 3 & probably the last one as well. :thumbsup:
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Thanks people....Lol...If u guys are bad in IDing corys, i am probably the worst in the category.. :oops:
Attach is what i bought as C. leucomelas.i could be wrong,but this fish looks different from fish #04.Fyi, fish#4 ,i think was labelled as suriname(i suppose it's surinamensis)
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Kampfer,

Your latest picture looks more like
Corydoras leucomelas
to me. I wasn't sure about #4 as it looks too "clean" (the spots are fine) than
Corydoras leucomelas
- but I am not familiar with the species broadly - I am only going on those I know as such which were Amazon wild caughts. Are you certain the names are not the wrong way around?

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Jools,
You are right,the latest pic is C. leucomelas.It was bought from a different LFS which i bought the fish from pic#04.I have abt 3pc of the fish pic#04,all which all look abt the same,which is why i thought it's not C.leucomelas. I have browse thru this site again,C.kanei is another possibility or could be another c number which u mention earlier.
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I couldn't ID them if my life depended on it, but I do have to compliment you on the photos!
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i agree, wicked photography! :thumbsup: cory #4 is awesome!!!
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thanks for the encouraging words...just using a Sony Ericsson C905 HP camera...plus plenty of patience!
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