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Corydoras elegans Steindachner, 1877

 

Image contributors to this species:

Julian Dignall (3) Dennis Barrett (2) Danny Blundell (3) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (2) Malik King (1)

ScotCat Sources:

Factsheet  Article  Etymology = Genus  Etymology = Species

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Search  FishBase  Wikipedia  Catalog of Fishes  Global Biodiversity Information Facility  FishNet2  iNaturalist

Relevant Information:

An old favourite in the hobby and has been bred numerous times. See article. Males have more colourful markings than the females and also have three black bands in the dorsal fin. Lineage: Placed in Lineage 5 and a revision in the future could involve the resurrection of the genus name Gastrodermus (Cope, 1878). 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: Readily accepts a mixed and varied diet which includes granular foods, tablet food, frozen bloodworm and good quality flake to name but a few. Remarks: There are a few different forms of this species and one of them was described by Holly in 1940 as Corydoras pestai. This is now a synonym of C. elegans but there is a train of thought that this species (C. pestai) may be valid and has been treated as so in Isbrücker (2001b: 232).

Common Name:

Elegant Corydoras

Synonyms:

Corydoras pestai

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper Amazon River basin..Type locality: Teffé, Brazil.

Size:

5.0cm (2ins) Male; 5.5cm (2¼ins) Female.

Temp:

23-25°C (73-77°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

Reference:

Fuller, Ian A.M. & Evers, Hans-Georg: Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish. 2005. 384 p
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.



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