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Aspidoras sp. (CW216)

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Bärbel Dornieden (3)

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Relevant Information:

A new undescribed Aspidoras (2025) from corydorasworld.com. Lineage: All Aspidoras belong to Lineage 2 with the designated type species, A. rochai. As of the latest update (Dias et al 2024) Aspidoras sp. (CW216) is placed in Lineage 2. Aquarium Care: Inoffensive catfish which will suffer at the hands of aggressive tank mates. Will do well in a species tank or a community tank with smaller inmates such as tetras and rasboras. Best to keep in a shoal of at least four. Diet: Prefer live foods such as newly hatched brine shrimp but will also take frozen food and a good quality flake, plus tablet foods.

Common Name:

CW216

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, Bahia Itapecuru River.

Size:

Male: 3.5cm (1½ins) Female: 4.0cm (1¾ins)

Temp:

20-26°C (67-79°F)

p.H.

5.0-6.5.

Reference:

Alexandrou, Markos & Taylor, Martin. (2011). Evolution, ecology and taxonomy of the Corydoradinae revisited.
Angelica C Dias, Luiz F C Tencatt, Fabio F Roxo, Gabriel de Souza da Costa Silva, Sérgio A Santos, Marcelo R Britto, Martin I Taylor, Claudio Oliveira, Phylogenomic analyses in the complex Neotropical subfamily Corydoradinae (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with a new classification based on morphological and molecular data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024;, zlae053.
www.corydorasworld.com

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Aspidoras sp. (CW216)

Aspidoras sp. (CW216)
Pair-male to front

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