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Aspidoras velites Britto, Lima & Moreira, 2002

Image contributors to this species:

Zierfisch Zentrum Austria (1) Hans-Georg Evers (2) Manyork Chow (2)

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Relevant Information:

An unusual shaped Aspidoras which possesses a more slender body. Very rare in imports. Lineage: All Aspidoras belong to Lineage 2 and when there is a revision they will stay as Aspidoras von Ihering, 1907 with the type species of A. rochai Ihering, 1907. As of the latest update (Dias et al 2024), Aspidoras rochai has been placed in Lineage 2 and has retained the genus name of Aspidoras. Aquarium Care: Best kept in groups of six or more and are best housed with small fishes that are not aggressive. Although no plants occur in their habitat you can still provide a planted area in the tank for cover and include a soft substrate such as sand or small rounded gravel with coral sand added if in a soft water area. Diet: Flake, tablet foods, small live and frozen foods. Etymology: The specific name velites: plural of veles, light-armed troops of the Roman army, who usually began a battle hurling javelins and then retreated among the ranks of the heavy infantry as the struggle advanced, alluding to its “relatively delicate complexion”.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, Est. Mato Grosso, upper Rio Araguaia basin, Rio Tocantins drainage.

Size:

Male: 3.0cm (1¼ins) Female: 3.5cm (1½ins)

Temp:

22-25°C (71-77°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

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.
Reis, R.E., 2003. Callichthyidae (Armored catfishes). p. 291-309. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Tencatt LFC, Britto MR, Isbrücker IJH, Pavanelli CS. Taxonomy of the armored catfish genus Aspidoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) revisited, with the description of a new species. Neotrop Ichthyol. 2022; 20(3):e220040.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
www.corydorasworld.com

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Aspidoras velites

Aspidoras velites
Location-córrego Gordura, Rio Araguaia basin

Aspidoras velites

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