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They are often kept at a pH of between 6.5 and 7.0. They are schooling fish that are usually kept in groups of at least four and will also behave much more naturally in larger groups (10 or more). Unlike the larger more common Corydoras, they often swim in shoals around the mid water and lower regions of the tank.
Corydoras is a genus of freshwater catfish in the family Callichthyidae and subfamily Corydoradinae.The species usually have more restricted areas of endemism than other callichthyids, but the area of distribution of the entire genus almost equals the area of distribution of the family, except for Panama where Corydoras is not present. [1]
Corydoras eques, the horseman's cory catfish or true eques cory, [1] [2] is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae. It was first described by Austrian zoologist Franz Steindachner . [ 3 ]
Like many Corydoras species, Sterba's corydoras is a shoaling catfish, and thus should ideally be kept in groups of 5 or more. In the wild it can be found in Brazil and thus, wild caught fish prefer soft, acidic water. However, Sterba's corydoras is a hardy fish and tank bred
Corydoras arcuatus is a species of freshwater fish in the armored catfish family Callichthyidae. [1] It is restricted to the western Amazon basin, where only known from small blackwater or clearwater streams in the middle Juruá River basin, the Javari River basin and streams near Leticia in western Brazil, far northeastern Peru and far southeastern Colombia.
Cories are small catfish which are popular with aquarists - the Pepper cory is shown.. This is an alphabetically ordered list of Corydoras species.. Each entry includes: binomial scientific name, describer and year of publication.
Corydoras trilineatus Cope , 1872 The three stripe corydoras ( Corydoras trilineatus ), leopard catfish , false julii corydoras , or three line catfish is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae .
Corydoras ornatus, the ornate corydoras, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Lower Tapajós River and Trombetas River basin in Brazil. The fish will grow in length up to 1.9 inches (4.8 centimeters).