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Corydoras desana Lima & Sazima, 2017

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Previously had the CW number of 11 before description. This species has found to be sympatric with the shorter nosed Hoplisoma tukano in the Rio Tiquié. They sometimes show up in shipments alongside Hoplisoma habrosum. Lineage: Placed in Lineage 1 and when there is a revision they will stay as Corydoras (Lacépède, 1803) with the type species of C. geoffroy La Cépède, 1803. As of the latest update (Dias et al 2024), Corydoras desana has been placed in Lineage 1 and has retained the genus name of Corydoras. 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 honours the Desana, an ethnic group that inhabits the Rio Tiquié basin, which is closely related linguistically and culturally to the Tukano indians, who also inhabit the rio Tiquié basin (Ribeiro 1995). A name in apposition. This name is also an allusion to the resemblance between the mimic pair C. desana and C. tukano.

Common Name:

CW011

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, Upper Rio Negro system. Type locality: Igarapé Castanha, tribitary of rio Tiquié, village of Santa Rosa, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil, 0°4'38''N, 69°41'27''W.

Size:

Male 6.0cm (2¼ins) Female 6.5cm (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.
Lima, Flávio & Sazima, Ivan. (2017). Corydoras desana, a new plated catfish from the upper rio Negro, Brazil, with comments on mimicry within the Corydoradinae (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Aqua, International Journal of. Ichthyology. 23. 19-23.
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Corydoras desana
Adult female

Corydoras desana
Head view

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