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This species has found to be sympatric with the shorter nosed C. tukano in the Rio Tiquié. They sometimes show up in shipments alongside C. habrosus. Lineage: Placed it 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. 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.

CW011

None

Callichthyidae

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.

Male 6.0cm (2¼ins) Female 6.5cm (2½ins)

23-26°C (73-79°F)

6.0-7.2.

Alexandrou, Markos & Taylor, Martin. (2011). Evolution, ecology and taxonomy of the Corydoradinae revisited.
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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