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Brochis gomezi Castro, 1986

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Danny Blundell (4) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2)

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Similar looking to Brochis leopardus. No breeding reports are known for this species. Some authors doubt the validity of this species even though it has the trademark round black spot in the dorsal fin. Similar also is C018 but this species has white to the leading hard dorsal ray and also C131 which is a more robust looking Cory, and also belonging to the leopardus group is C128. Lineage: Placed in Lineage 8 sub clade 4 which comprises the "intermediate long-snouts" with deeper bodies. It also includes Brochis in sub-clade 1 which was synonymised with Corydoras by Britto in 2003 but in time there will be a revision which will resurrect Brochis (Cope, 1871) to full genera again. As of the latest update Corydoras gomezi has now been placed in Lineage 8 sub clade 4 and has the new genus name of Brochis (Dias et al 2024). Aquarium Care: As this is one of the longer snouted species it will be well suited to most community tanks. A well planted tank with a soft substrate such as sand so they can bury their snouts while searching out food. Diet: Readily accepts a mixed and varied diet which includes granular foods, tablet food, frozen bloodworm and a good quality flake. Etymology: The specific name gomezi: In honour of Juan A. Gómez, Director, Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, for his “permanent support” of Castro’s project on the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Remarks: Still found on some online sources as Corydoras gomezi.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Corydoras gomezi

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Colombia, lakes of the Isla de Mocagua, Rio Amazonas/Solimoes near Leticia, Comisaría del Amazonas (03º54'S, 70º14'W).

Size:

Male: 5.5cm (2¼ins) Female: 6.0cm (2½ins)

Temp:

23-26°C (73-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

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.
Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers (2011). Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish Supplement 1. Ian Fuller Enterprises.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Brochis gomezi

Brochis gomezi
Dorsal markings

Brochis gomezi

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