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Ian Fuller (3) Mona Opland (3) Peru Aquarium Group (2) Yann Fulliquet (5)

This much sought after cory was not available to the hobby before 2004. It was rediscovered that year by Lance Peck near the town of Quincemil in Peru and since then has been spawned regularly by fishkeepers, and as such the price of individuals has come down dramatically. They will spawn as per other species of this genera. For more information on breeding the various species of Hoplisoma you can visit the Breeding Article section of ScotCat. 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 Hoplisoma (Agassiz, 1846). As of the latest revision (Dias et al 2024) Corydoras weitzmani has now been placed in Lineage 9 and has the new genus name of Hoplisoma. 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 a good quality flake. Etymology: The specific name weitzmani: In honour of Dr. Stanley H.Weitzman, the American ichthyologist. Remarks: This species is still found on some online sources as Corydoras weitzmani.

Two saddle corydoras

Corydoras weitzmani

Callichthyidae

South America: Peru, Est. Cuzco, at Cuzco. Type locality: Rio Araza drainage, Cusco State.

Males 5.0cm (2ins) Females 5.5cm (2¼ins)

22-26°C (71-79°F)

6.0-7.5.

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.
ScotCat Factsheet no. 231. September 2015.