ID These Corys?

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Fish Demon
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ID These Corys?

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These corys are not mine, they belong to someone from another site I'm a member at and they need some help identifying these corys.

Here they are:

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We have gotten quite a few suggestions, but none of them seem to be a complete match. Thanks for any help!

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Post by xsu-xsu »

My initial thought was c. leucomelas, but they don't seem to have the orange flash behind the 'mask'. I think I would now go for c. ambiacus, although the body spots on your corys seem to be more dense and follow lateral lines closely more like c. schwartzi. Howewver schwartzi are more solid lateral lines.

I'm going for c. ambiacus.
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Post by xsu-xsu »

Actually, looking through all the galleries, it is probably c.agasizii
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Post by Coryman »

I am almost certain that you have a very nice group of Corydoras surinamensis.

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