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Corydoras spilurus Norman, 1926

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Relevant Information:

This species is rarely seen in the hobby. Lineage: A "Saddle nosed species" which would place 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. As of the latest update (Dias et al 2024), Corydoras spilurus 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.

Common Name:

Pinkthroat corydoras

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: French Guiana, Approuagua River basin. Suriname: Suriname River basin.

Size:

Male: 7.0cm (2¾ins) Female: 7.5cm (3ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

IUCN Red List

This species is known from records in French Guiana and Brazil, and it is plausible to assume that the species may occur in other localities within the currently known distribution range. Considering that there are no known threats to the species as whole, C. spilurus is classified as Least Concern (LC), (IUCN 2022).

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.
dos Santos, S.A. 2022. Corydoras spilurus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers (2011). Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish Supplement 1. Ian Fuller Enterprises.
www.corydorasworld.com

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Corydoras spilurus
Adult male-from Approuague, French Guinea

Corydoras spilurus
Adult female-from Approuague, French Guinea

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