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Brochis lamberti Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986

Image contributors to this species:

Ian Fuller (1) Hans-Georg Evers (1) Karsten Schönherr (1)

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Relevant Information:

This species from Peru is very rare in the hobby. 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 revision (Dias et al 2024) Corydoras lamberti has now been placed in Lineage 8 sub clade 4 and has the new genus name of Brochis. 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 lamberti: In honour of Lambertus van Tuijl (1944–2012), a technician at the Zoölogisch Museum (Amsterdam) Department of Ichthyology (where the authors were curators of fishes), since February 1971. Remarks: Still found on some online sources as Corydoras lamberti.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Corydoras lamberti

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Pastaza River basin, Peru. Type locality: Loreto, cours inférieur du Rio Huytoyacu, près du village Nuevo Progresso, affluent de la rive droite du Rio Pastaza, 40 kilometers environ au N. du Lago Rimachi (4º13'S, 76º38'W), Peru.

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.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Fuller, A.M. & Evers, Hans-Georg: Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish P.148.
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 lamberti
Adult male

Brochis lamberti
Adult female

Brochis lamberti
Maynas Province, Peru

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