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Derek Lambourne (1) Allan James (5) Daniel Blom (2) Mona Opland (1) Graham Ramsay (1) Mark Goh (1)

Description: Dorsal 1/7; Anal 1/5; Head short and compact. Body colour reddish/brown with glimmers of greens/blues when in good condition. All fins have an ochre to orange colouration with no markings. Black band running through eyes. Lineage: Placed in Lineage 9, the "short-snouted" species with the designated type species: C. punctatus. A revision in the future would constitute the resurrection of the genus name Hoplosopma (Agassiz, 1846). Aquarium Care: This is akin to most of this genus, very peaceful, and would be best housed with small to medium sized tankmates such as Tetras, Rasboras and Danios or in a species tank for breeding purposes. Best to purchase 6 individuals or more as they will be happier in a group. Diet: Feeding Corydoras concolor is not a problem as they will readily consume commercial foods such as flake, granular and tablet foods and frozen foods such as bloodworms and daphnia, like all fish they benefit from regular feedings of live foods such as Daphnia, Cyclops, Grindal worms and bloodworms.

Slate Cory

Corydoras esperanzae

Callichthyidae

South America: Venezuela; Las Mangas, in a tributary to the Río Parguaza, western part of  the State of Bolivar, Venezuela. The Río Parguaza is a stream arising in the Serranía de  Parguaza, flowing northwest and into the Río Orinoco almost opposite  the island of El Gallo (6°20’N, 67°10’W.

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

23-26°C (73-79°F)

6.0-7.2.

Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers (2011). Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish Supplement 1. Ian Fuller Enterprises.
Alexandrou, Markos & Taylor, Martin. (2011). Evolution, ecology and taxonomy of the Corydoradinae revisited.
ScotCat Factsheet: no. 15 Sept. 1997.