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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.

LINEAGE for sub-family Corydoradinae
Scientific Names > Common Names > Synonyms > Image Contributors > Lineage

Lineage 1

Corydoras acutus

Corydoras amapaensis

Corydoras areio

Corydoras aurofrenatus

Corydoras blochi

Corydoras coriatae

Corydoras cortesi

Corydoras cervinus

Corydoras desana

Corydoras ellisae (now a synonym of C. aurofrenatus)

Corydoras filamentosus

Corydoras fowleri

Corydoras fulleri

Corydoras geoffroy

Corydoras heteromorphus

Corydoras maculifer

Corydoras narcissus

Corydoras negro

Corydoras orcesi

Corydoras ourastigma

Corydoras oxyrhynchus

Corydoras pastazensis

Corydoras saramaccensis

Corydoras sarareensis

Corydoras semiaquilus

Corydoras septentrionalis

Corydoras serratus

Corydoras simulatus

Corydoras solox

Corydoras sp. (C008)

Corydoras sp. (C016)

Corydoras sp. (C024)

Corydoras sp. (C028)

Corydoras sp. (C029)

Corydoras sp. (C038)

Corydoras sp. (C042)

Corydoras sp. (C047)

Corydoras sp. (C051)

Corydoras sp. (C053)

Corydoras sp. (C061)

Corydoras sp. (C063)

Corydoras sp. (C077)

Corydoras sp. (C078)

Corydoras sp. (C086)

Corydoras sp. (C092)

Corydoras sp. (C094)

Corydoras sp. (C095)

Corydoras sp. (C099)

Corydoras sp. (C109)

Corydoras sp. (C115) (now C. fulleri)

Corydoras sp. (C116) (now C. fulleri)

Corydoras sp. (C124)

Corydoras sp. (C127)

Corydoras sp. (C145)

Corydoras sp. (C149)

Corydoras sp. (C153)

Corydoras sp. CW005 (C. aurofrenatus)

Corydoras sp. (CW012)

Corydoras sp. (CW017)

Corydoras sp. (CW045)

Corydoras sp. (CW046)

Corydoras sp. (CW053)

Corydoras sp. (CW055)

Corydoras sp. (CW059)

Corydoras sp. (CW066)

Corydoras sp. (CW073)

Corydoras sp. (CW075)

Corydoras sp. (CW080)

Corydoras sp. (CW083)

Corydoras sp. (CW116)

Corydoras sp. (CW118)

Corydoras sp. (CW120)

Corydoras sp. (CW124)

Corydoras sp. (CW128)

Corydoras sp. (CW149)

Corydoras sp. (CW156)

Corydoras sp. (CW164)

Corydoras sp. (CW166)

Corydoras sp. (CW174)

Corydoras sp. (CW175)

Corydoras sp. (CW180)

Corydoras sp. (CW195)

Corydoras stenocephalus

Corydoras treitlii

Corydoras vittatus

Corydoras zawadzkii

Lineage 2

Aspidoras albater

Aspidoras aldebaran

Aspidoras azaghal

Aspidoras belenos

Aspidoras brunneus

Aspidoras carvalhoi

Aspidoras depinnai

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus

Aspidoras lakoi

Aspidoras maculosus

Aspidoras menezesi

Aspidoras mephisto

Aspidoras poecilus

Aspidoras psammatides

Aspidoras raimundi

Aspidoras rochai

Aspidoras sp. (albino)

Aspidoras sp. (C035) (A. albater)

Aspidoras sp. (C036) (A. fuscoguttatus)

Aspidoras sp. (C037) (A. poecilus)

Aspidoras sp. (C118) (A. fuscoguttatus)

Aspidoras sp. (C119) (A. fuscoguttatus)

Aspidoras sp. (C125) (A. raimundi)

Aspidoras sp. (C158) (A. poecilus)

Aspidoras sp. (CW052) (hybrid)

Aspidoras sp. (CW119) (A. raimundi)

Aspidoras sp. (CW126)

Aspidoras sp. (CW141) (A. aldebaran)

Aspidoras sp. (CW183)

Aspidoras sp. (CW184)

Aspidoras sp. (gold)

Aspidoras spilotus (now a synonym of A. menezesi)

Aspidoras taurus (now a synonym of A. albater)

Aspidoras velites

Lineage 3

Scleromystax barbatus

Scleromystax kronei

Scleromystax lacerdai

Scleromystax macropterus

Scleromystax prionotos

Scleromystax salmacis

Scleromystax sp. (C112)

Scleromystax sp. (C113)

Scleromystax sp. (CW038)

Scleromystax sp. (CW042)

Scleromystax sp. (CW067)

Scleromystax sp. (CW092)

Scleromystax sp. (CW147)

Scleromystax sp. (CW148)

Scleromystax sp. (CW198)

Scleromystax virgulatus

Lineage 4

Corydoras guapore

Corydoras hastatus

Corydoras mamore

Corydoras paucerna

Corydoras pygmaeus

Lineage 5

Corydoras bilineatus

Corydoras elegans

Corydoras gracilis

Corydoras nanus

Corydoras napoensis

Corydoras nijsseni

Corydoras sp. (C041)

Corydoras sp. (C088)

Corydoras sp. (C089)

Corydoras sp. (C123)

Corydoras sp. (C126)

Corydoras sp. (C132)

Corydoras sp. (CW008)

Corydoras sp. (CW018)

Corydoras sp. (CW019)

Corydoras sp. (CW022) (now C. undulatus)

Corydoras sp. (CW029)

Corydoras sp. (CW033)

Corydoras sp. (CW044)

Corydoras sp. (CW048)

Corydoras sp. (CW056)

Corydoras sp. (CW064)

Corydoras sp. (CW085)

Corydoras sp. (CW087)

Corydoras sp. (CW095)

Corydoras sp. (CW096)

Corydoras sp. (CW100)

Corydoras sp. (CW105)

Corydoras sp. (CW110)

Corydoras sp. (CW123)

Corydoras sp. (CW131)

Corydoras sp. (CW144)

Corydoras pauciradiatus

Corydoras undulatus

Lineage 6

Corydoras albolineatus

Corydoras benattii

Corydoras carlae

Corydoras cochui

Corydoras diphyes

Corydoras ehrhardti

Corydoras flaveolus

Corydoras froehlichi

Corydoras gladysae

Corydoras gryphus

Corydoras longipinnis

Corydoras micracanthus

Corydoras nattereri

Corydoras ortegai

Corydoras paleatus

Corydoras paleatus (albino)

Corydoras petracinii

Corydoras potaroensis

Corydoras reynoldsi

Corydoras rikbaktsa (also in Lineage 9)

Corydoras sp. (C040)

Corydoras sp. (C073)

Corydoras sp. (C114)

Corydoras sp. (C144)

Corydoras steindachneri

Corydoras tukano

Lineage 7

Corydoras aeneus

Corydoras aeneus (albino)

Corydoras eques

Corydoras melanotaenia

Corydoras rabauti

Corydoras schultzei

Corydoras schultzei (Black)

Corydoras sp. (CW007)

Corydoras sp. (CW009)

Corydoras sp. (CW010)

Corydoras sp. (CW014)

Corydoras sp. (CW016) (now C. maclurei)

Corydoras sp. (CW023)

Corydoras sp. (CW026)

Corydoras sp. (CW041)

Corydoras sp. (CW068)

Corydoras sp. (CW078)

Corydoras sp. (CW084)

Corydoras sp. (CW093)

Corydoras sp. (CW097)

Corydoras sp. (CW139)

Corydoras sp. (CW194)

Corydoras venezuelanus

Corydoras zygatus

Lineage 8 Sub-clade 1

Brochis britskii

Brochis multiradiatus

Brochis splendens

Brochis sp. (CW034)

Brochis sp. (CW035)

Brochis sp. (CW132)

Brochis sp. (CW136)

Brochis sp. (CW178)

Brochis sp. (CW179)

Lineage 8 Sub-clade 2

Corydoras difluviatilis

Corydoras garbei

Corydoras hephaestus

Corydoras sp. (C057)

Corydoras sp. (C067)

Corydoras sp. (CW185)

Lineage 8 Sub-clade 3

Corydoras geryi

Corydoras latus

Corydoras pantanalensis

Corydoras reticulatus

Corydoras sodalis

Corydoras sp. (C081)

Corydoras sp. (CW061)

Lineage 8 Sub-clade 4

Corydoras agassizii

Corydoras amandajanea

Corydoras ambiacus

Corydoras approuaguensis

Corydoras arcuatus

Corydoras bethanae

Corydoras bifasciatus

Corydoras brittoi

Corydoras condiscipulus

Corydoras crimmeni

Corydoras crypticus

Corydoras delphax

Corydoras ephippifer

Corydoras gomezi

Corydoras haraldschultzi

Corydoras imitator

Corydoras incolicana

Corydoras isbrueckeri

Corydoras lamberti

Corydoras leopardus

Corydoras melanistius

Corydoras noelkempffi

Corydoras ornatus

Corydoras orphnopterus

Corydoras pinheiroi

Corydoras pulcher

Corydoras robineae

Corydoras robustus

Corydoras seussi

Corydoras sp. (C009)

Corydoras sp. (C010)

Corydoras sp. (C013)

Corydoras sp. (C018)

Corydoras sp. (C034)

Corydoras sp. (C039) (C. imitator)

Corydoras sp. (C049)

Corydoras sp. (C052)

Corydoras sp. (C066)

Corydoras sp. (C068)

Corydoras sp. (C071)

Corydoras sp. (C074)

Corydoras sp. (C075)

Corydoras sp. (C080)

Corydoras sp. (C087)

Corydoras sp. (C097)

Corydoras sp. (C098)

Corydoras sp. (C101)

Corydoras sp. (C102)

Corydoras sp. (C103)

Corydoras sp. (C110)

Corydoras sp. (C117)

Corydoras sp. (C122)

Corydoras sp. (C128)

Corydoras sp. (C130)

Corydoras sp. (C131)

Corydoras sp. (C135)

Corydoras sp. (C138)

Corydoras sp. (C140) (C. imitator)

Corydoras sp. (C143)

Corydoras sp. (C152)

Corydoras sp. (C155)

Corydoras sp. (C156)

Corydoras sp. (C157)

Corydoras sp. (C159)

Corydoras sp. (CW002)

Corydoras sp. (CW006) (now C. bethanae)

Corydoras sp. (CW013)

Corydoras sp. (CW020)

Corydoras sp. (CW025)

Corydoras sp. (CW040)

Corydoras sp. (CW057)

Corydoras sp. (CW058)

Corydoras sp. (CW065)

Corydoras sp. (CW070)

Corydoras sp. (CW072)

Corydoras sp. (CW074)

Corydoras sp. (CW082)

Corydoras sp. (CW089)

Corydoras sp. (CW090)

Corydoras sp. (CW099)

Corydoras sp. (CW101)

Corydoras sp. (CW106)

Corydoras sp. (CW117)

Corydoras sp. (CW130)

Corydoras sp. (CW134)

Corydoras sp. (CW135)

Corydoras sp. (CW138)

Corydoras sp. (CW143)

Corydoras sp. (CW150)

Corydoras sp. (CW151)

Corydoras sp. (CW155)

Corydoras sp. (CW157)

Corydoras sp. (CW160)

Corydoras sp. (CW161)

Corydoras sp. (CW167)

Corydoras sp. (CW176)

Corydoras sp. (CW182)

Corydoras sp. (CW186)

Corydoras sp. (CW192)

Corydoras sp. (CW193)

Corydoras spectabilis

Corydoras spilurus

Corydoras sychri

Corydoras virginiae

Lineage 9

Corydoras acrensis

Corydoras adolfoi

Corydoras apiaka

Corydoras araguaiaensis

Corydoras armatus

Corydoras atropersonatus

Corydoras axelrodi

Corydoras baderi

Corydoras bicolor

Corydoras boehlkei

Corydoras boesemani

Corydoras bondi

Corydoras breei

Corydoras brevirostris

Corydoras burgessi

Corydoras caudimaculatus

Corydoras concolor

Corydoras copei

Corydoras coppenamensis

Corydoras cruziensis

Corydoras davidsandsi

Corydoras duplicareus

Corydoras evelynae

Corydoras eversi

Corydoras gossei

Corydoras granti

Corydoras griseus

Corydoras guianensis

Corydoras habrosus

Corydoras hypnos

Corydoras julii

Corydoras kanei

Corydoras knaacki

Corydoras leucomelas

Corydoras loretoensis

Corydoras loxozonus

Corydoras melini

Corydoras metae

Corydoras multimaculatus

Corydoras oiapoquensis

Corydoras osteocarus

Corydoras panda

Corydoras paragua

Corydoras parallelus

Corydoras pavanelliae

Corydoras polystictus

Corydoras psamathos

Corydoras punctatus

Corydoras rikbaktsa (also in Lineage 6)

Corydoras sanchesi

Corydoras schwartzi

Corydoras similis

Corydoras sipaliwini

Corydoras sp. (C003)

Corydoras sp. (C006)

Corydoras sp. (C014)

Corydoras sp. (C019)

Corydoras sp. (C021)

Corydoras sp. (C026)

Corydoras sp. (C030)

Corydoras sp. (C033)

Corydoras sp. (C043)

Corydoras sp. (C044)

Corydoras sp. (C045) (C. araguaiaensis)

Corydoras sp. (C048)

Corydoras sp. (C054)

Corydoras sp. (C062)

Corydoras sp. (C076)

Corydoras sp. (C084)

Corydoras sp. (C085)

Corydoras sp. (C090)

Corydoras sp. (C091)

Corydoras sp. (C096)

Corydoras sp. (C100)

Corydoras sp. (C120)

Corydoras sp. (C121)

Corydoras sp. (C129)

Corydoras sp. (C133)

Corydoras sp. (C134)

Corydoras sp. (C136)

Corydoras sp. (C137)

Corydoras sp. (C139)

Corydoras sp. (C141)

Corydoras sp. (C142)

Corydoras sp. (C147)

Corydoras sp. (C148)

Corydoras sp. (C150)

Corydoras sp. (C151)

Corydoras sp. (C154)

Corydoras sp. (CW001)

Corydoras sp. (CW004)

Corydoras sp. (CW015)

Corydoras sp. (CW021)

Corydoras sp. (CW027)

Corydoras sp. (CW028)

Corydoras sp. (CW030)

Corydoras sp. (CW037)

Corydoras sp. (CW039)

Corydoras sp. (CW045)

Corydoras sp. (CW046)

Corydoras sp. (CW047)

Corydoras sp. (CW049)

Corydoras sp. (CW050)

Corydoras sp. (CW051)

Corydoras sp. (CW054)

Corydoras sp. (CW060)

Corydoras sp. (CW062)

Corydoras sp. (CW063)

Corydoras sp. (CW069)

Corydoras sp. (CW071)

Corydoras sp. (CW076)

Corydoras sp. (CW077)

Corydoras sp. (CW079)

Corydoras sp. (CW081)

Corydoras sp. (CW086)

Corydoras sp. (CW088)

Corydoras sp. (CW091)

Corydoras sp. (CW094)

Corydoras sp. (CW098)

Corydoras sp. (CW102)

Corydoras sp. (CW103)

Corydoras sp. (CW104)

Corydoras sp. (CW107)

Corydoras sp. (CW108)

Corydoras sp. (CW109)

Corydoras sp. (CW111)

Corydoras sp. (CW112)

Corydoras sp. (CW114) (C. sipaliwini)

Corydoras sp. (CW115)

Corydoras sp. (CW122)

Corydoras sp. (CW125)

Corydoras sp. (CW127)

Corydoras sp. (CW129)

Corydoras sp. (CW133)

Corydoras sp. (CW137)

Corydoras sp. (CW140)

Corydoras sp. (CW142)

Corydoras sp. (CW145)

Corydoras sp. (CW146) (now Corydoras thanatos)

Corydoras sp. (CW152)

Corydoras sp. (CW153)

Corydoras sp. (CW154) (now Corydoras rikbaktsa)

Corydoras sp. (CW158)

Corydoras sp. (CW159)

Corydoras sp. (CW162)

Corydoras sp. (CW163)

Corydoras sp. (CW165)

Corydoras sp. (CW168)

Corydoras sp. (CW169)

Corydoras sp. (CW171)

Corydoras sp. (CW173) (C. hypnos)

Corydoras sp. (CW174)

Corydoras sp. (CW175)

Corydoras sp. (CW181)

Corydoras sp. (CW187)

Corydoras sp. (CW189)

Corydoras sp. (CW190)

Corydoras sp. (CW191)

Corydoras sp. (CW196)

Corydoras sp. (CW197)

Corydoras sterbai

Corydoras surinamensis

Corydoras thanatos

Corydoras trilineatus

Corydoras urucu

Corydoras weitzmani

Corydoras xinguensis

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