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 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 (2024) includes Corydoras (Lineage 1), Aspidoras (Lineage 2), Brochis (Lineage 8+), Scleromystax (Lineage 3), Gastrodermus (Lineage 5), Osteogaster (Lineage 7), Hoplisoma (Lineage 9), Callichthys, Hoplosternum, Lepthoplosternum, Megalechis and Dianema.To find out the meaning of the code number systems, i.e C and CW numbers click here.

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