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This is a man made albino varirty of Osteogaster aenea. If starting off with this species buy at least half-a-dozen as with most Cory's they are happier in their own company, and with the comparatively low price of O. aenea (apart from the new varieties) it would certainly not break the bank, and you could end up of course with at least a pair of these hardy Cory's. Lineage: Placed in Lineage 7 alongside other members of the so called "aeneus group" with the designated type species: C. eques. A revision in the future would constitute the resurrection of the genus name Osteogaster Cope, 1871. As of the latest update Corydoras aeneus has now been placed in Lineage 7 and has the new genus name of Osteogaster and a change to the specific name to aenea (Dias et al 2024). Aquarium Care: Will do well in a community setup with smaller tank mates such as Rasboras and Tetra's. Do not house with aggressive species or large Cichlids. Reproduction: Breeding is comparatively easy with cool water changes that lowers the temperature, triggering them off. Feed a good balanced diet making sure that they get their full quota of food if kept in a community tank. Diet: A good quality flake food provides all the essential vitamins that they need with extra feedings of frozen bloodworm, white worm (sparingly) and tablet food.

Albino Cory

Corydoras schultzei, C. macrosteus, C. venezuelanus, C. microps, Hoplosoma aeneum, Corydoras aeneus

Callichthyidae

Aquarium strain

Male: 6.5cm (2½ins) Female: 7.5cm (3ins)

20-26°C (67-79°F)

6.0-7.0.

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.
ScotCat Factsheet no. 002. Feb. 1997.