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Callichthyidae

Callichthyidae The most popular and best known catfishes from the South American continent. Very peaceful and mostly undemanding.

Bodies covered with two rows of overlapping bony plates on each side; swim bladder encased in bone; mouth small and ventral; one or two pairs of well developed barbels present, and shorter processes usually on upper jaw and on lower jaw; dorsal and pectoral fins with strong spine; spine at anterior border of adipose fin. Family at present (2019) includes Corydoras, Aspidoras, Brochis, Scleromystax, Callichthys, Hoplosternum, Lepthoplosternum, Megalechis and Dianema.

COMMON NAMES
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Aeneus gold form

Adolfo's Corydoras

Agassiz's Corydoras

Albino Aspidoras

Albino Cory

Albino Peppered Corydoras

Amanda's Cory

Armoured Catfish

Asher Cory

Aspidoras "Black fin"

Baianinho Cory

Baianinho II

Baianinho III

Banded Corydoras

Bandit Corydoras

Bearded Cory

BigSpot Araguaiensis

Black Cory

Black Phantom

Black Schultzei

Black-spot Catfish

Black-spot Corydoras

Black-top Corydoras

Black top 'Elegans'

Blue Corydoras

Brazil sharp nose

Bronze Cory

Bumblebee Cory

Burgess's Corydoras

Cascarudo

Cascudo

Clay Hoplo

C. elegans "Tibiti" .

Corydoras 'Antonio'

Corydoras 'Arua'

Corydoras "Bonita"

Corydoras cf. acutus

Corydoras cf. brevirostris

Corydoras cf. burgessi

Corydoras cf. cervinus

Corydoras cf. eques

Corydoras cf. schwartzi 'Longnose'

Corydoras cf. sterbai

Corydoras cf. sychri (C097)

Concolor Cory

Corydoras 'Dida'

Corydoras 'Huanta'

Corydoras 'Kiko'

Corydoras 'Kristinae'

Corydoras 'Miguelito'

Corydoras 'Milegros'

Corydoras narcissus "spotted" .

Corydoras 'Nordestini'

Corydoras 'Olga'

Corydoras 'San Juan'

Corydoras sp. "Ancestor"

Corydoras sp. “Comte”

Corydoras sp. (gold laser)

Corydoras sp. (green laser)

Corydoras sp. aff. armatus

Corydoras sp. aff. melini (C084)

Corydoras sp. cf. grieus (C073)

Corydoras sp. cf. lamberti (C009)

Corydoras sp. cf. narcissus (CW006)

Corydoras sp. 'Cruzeiro' (CW078)

Corydoras sp. 'Deckeri'

Corydoras sp. "Heiko"

Corydoras sp. 'Peru black'

Corydoras sp. 'Peru bondi'

Corydoras sp. 'gold laser'

Corydoras sp. 'schultzei'

Corydoras sp. 'Missiones'

Corydoras sp. 'red stripe'

Corydoras sp. "Purus"

Corydoras sp. 'White fin'

Corydoras sp. 'White spine'

Corydoras sp. ‘Yellow Cat’

Corydoras 'Teniente'

Corydoras 'Vitoria'

Corydoras "zangama"

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Dainty Corydoras

Diamond Cory

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Elegant Corydoras

Emerald Catfish

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False Adolfoi Catfish

False Blotch Tail Cory

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Flagtail Catfish

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Guapore Cory

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Imitator Cory

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Long fin Cory

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Long-nosed oiapoquensis

Longsnout Corydoras

Loreto panda

Mazaruni Cory

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Menezes's Aspidoras

Mosaic Corydoras

Narcissus Cory

Narcisso Cory

Orange stripe Cory

Panda Cory

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Peru Green Stripe

Pinkthroat Corydoras

Port Hoplo

Porthole catfish

Pretty Corydoras

Purus Cory

Pygmy Cory

Rabaut's Cory

Raimundi's Aspidoras

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Rio Tigre Cory

Saddle Corydoras

Sands Catfish

Schultz’s Cory

Seuss' Corydoras

Skunk Cory

Slate Cory

Soecies Goiás

Speckled Xingu Cory

Spotted Corydoras

Sterba's Catfish

Stripe Tailed Panda

Striped hoplo

Super Arcuatus

Super punctatus

Sychri-Longnose

Sychr's catfish

Tail Bar Armoured Catfish

Tail-spot Corydoras

Three-lined Corydoras

Twosaddle corydoras

Twostripe corydoras

Venezuela Cory

Virginia's Catfish

Xingu corydoras

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