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Callichthyidae

Callichthyidae The most popular and best known catfishes from the South American continent. Very peaceful and mostly undemanding.

Bodies covered with two rows of overlapping bony plates on each side; swim bladder encased in bone; mouth small and ventral; one or two pairs of well developed barbels present, and shorter processes usually on upper jaw and on lower jaw; dorsal and pectoral fins with strong spine; spine at anterior border of adipose fin. Family at present (2019) includes Corydoras, Aspidoras, Brochis, Scleromystax, Callichthys, Hoplosternum, Lepthoplosternum, Megalechis and Dianema.

SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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Aspidoras albater

Aspidoras brunneus

Aspidoras carvalhoi

Aspidoras depinnai

Aspidoras fuscoguttatus

Aspidoras lakoi

Aspidoras maculosus

Aspidoras menezesi

Aspidoras mephisto

Aspidoras microgalaeus

Aspidoras poecilus

Aspidoras psammatides

Aspidoras raimundi

Aspidoras rochai

Aspidoras sp. "albino"

Aspidoras sp. (C035) (A. albater)

Aspidoras sp. (C036) (A. fuscoguttatus)

Aspidoras sp. (C037) (A. poecilus)

Aspidoras sp. (C118)

Aspidoras sp. (C119) (A. fuscoguttatus)

Aspidoras sp. (C125) (A. raimundi)

Aspidoras sp. (C158) (A. poecilus)

Aspidoras sp. (CW052) (hybrid)

Aspidoras sp. CW119) (A. raimundi)

Aspidoras sp. (CW126)

Aspidoras sp. (CW141)

Aspidoras sp. (CW183)

Aspidoras sp. (CW184)

Aspidoras sp. "gold"

Aspidoras spilotus (now a synonym of A. menezesi)

Aspidoras taurus (now a synonym of A. albater)

Aspidoras velites

Brochis britskii

Brochis multiradiatus

Brochis splendens

Brochis sp. (CW034)

Brochis sp. (CW035)

Brochis sp. (CW132)

Brochis sp. (CW136)

Brochis sp. (CW178)

Brochis sp. (CW179)

Callichthys callichthys

Callichthys fabricioi

Corydoras acrensis

Corydoras acutus

Corydoras adolfoi

Corydoras aeneus

Corydoras aeneus (albino)

Corydoras agassizii

Corydoras albolineatus

Corydoras amandajanea

Corydoras amapaensis

Corydoras ambiacus

Corydoras apiaka

Corydoras araguaiaensis

Corydoras arcuatus

Corydoras areio

Corydoras armatus

Corydoras atropersonatus

Corydoras aurofrenatus

Corydoras axelrodi

Corydoras baderi

Corydoras benattii

Corydoras bethanae (CW006)

Corydoras bicolor

Corydoras bifasciatus

Corydoras bilineatus

Corydoras blochi

Corydoras boehlkei

Corydoras boesemani

Corydoras bondi

Corydoras breei

Corydoras brevirostris

Corydoras brittoi

Corydoras burgessi

Corydoras carlae

Corydoras caudimaculatus

Corydoras cervinus

Corydoras cf. pantanalensis

Corydoras cf. sanchesi

Corydoras cf. sterbai

Corydoras cochui

Corydoras concolor

Corydoras condiscipulus

Corydoras copei

Corydoras coppenamensis

Corydoras coriatae

Corydoras cortesi

Corydoras crimmeni

Corydoras cruziensis

Corydoras crypticus

Corydoras davidsandsi

Corydoras delphax

Corydoras desana

Corydoras difluviatilis

Corydoras diphyes

Corydoras duplicareus

Corydoras ehrhardti

Corydoras elegans

Corydoras ellisae (now a synonym of C. aurofrenatus)

Corydoras ephippifer

Corydoras eques

Corydoras evelynae

Corydoras eversi

Corydoras filamentosus

Corydoras flaveolus

Corydoras fowleri

Corydoras froehlichi

Corydoras fulleri

Corydoras garbei

Corydoras geoffroy

Corydoras geryi

Corydoras gladysae

Corydoras gomezi

Corydoras gossei

Corydoras gracilis

Corydoras granti

Corydoras griseus

Corydoras gryphus

Corydoras guapore

Corydoras guianensis

Corydoras habrosus

Corydoras haraldschultzi

Corydoras hastatus

Corydoras hephaestus

Corydoras heteromorphus

Corydoras imitator

Corydoras incolicana

Corydoras isbrueckeri

Corydoras julii

Corydoras kanei

Corydoras knaacki

Corydoras lamberti

Corydoras latus

Corydoras leopardus

Corydoras leucomelas

Corydoras longipinnis

Corydoras loretoensis

Corydoras loxozonus

Corydoras maculifer

Corydoras mamore

Corydoras melanistius

Corydoras melanotaenia

Corydoras melini

Corydoras metae

Corydoras micracanthus

Corydoras multimaculatus

Corydoras nanus

Corydoras napoensis

Corydoras narcissus

Corydoras nattereri

Corydoras negro

Corydoras nijsseni

Corydoras noelkempffi

Corydoras oiapoquensis

Corydoras orcesi

Corydoras ornatus

Corydoras orphnopterus

Corydoras ortegai

Corydoras osteocarus

Corydoras ourastigma

Corydoras oxyrhynchus

Corydoras paleatus

Corydoras paleatus (albino)

Corydoras panda

Corydoras pantanalensis

Corydoras paragua

Corydoras parallelus

Corydoras pastazensis

Corydoras paucerna

Corydoras pauciradiatus

Corydoras pavanelliae

Corydoras petracinii

Corydoras pinheiroi

Corydoras polystictus

Corydoras potaroensis

Corydoras pulcher

Corydoras punctatus

Corydoras pygmaeus

Corydoras rabauti

Corydoras reticulatus

Corydoras revelatus (Fossil)

Corydoras reynoldsi

Corydoras rikbaktsa

Corydoras robineae

Corydoras robustus

Corydoras sanchesi

Corydoras saramaccensis

Corydoras sarareensis

Corydoras schwartzi

Corydoras schultzei

Corydoras schultzei (Black)

Corydoras semiaquilus

Corydoras septentrionalis

Corydoras serratus

Corydoras seussi

Corydoras similis

Corydoras simulatus

Corydoras sipaliwini

Corydoras sodalis

Corydoras solox

Corydoras sp. (C003)

Corydoras sp. (C006)

Corydoras sp. (C008)

Corydoras sp. (C009)

Corydoras sp. (C010)

Corydoras sp. (C013)

Corydoras sp. (C014)

Corydoras sp. (C016)

Corydoras sp. (C018)

Corydoras sp. (C019)

Corydoras sp. (C020) (C. granti)

Corydoras sp. (C021)

Corydoras sp. (C024)

Corydoras sp. (C026)

Corydoras sp. (C028)

Corydoras sp. (C029)

Corydoras sp. (C030)

Corydoras sp. (C033)

Corydoras sp. (C038)

Corydoras sp. (C039)

Corydoras sp. (C040)

Corydoras sp. (C041)

Corydoras sp. (C042)

Corydoras sp. (C043)

Corydoras sp. (C045) (C. araguaiaensis)

Corydoras sp. (C048)

Corydoras sp. (C049)

Corydoras sp. (C052)

Corydoras sp. (C053)

Corydoras sp. (C054)

Corydoras sp. (C057)

Corydoras sp. (C061)

Corydoras sp. (C062)

Corydoras sp. (C063)

Corydoras sp. (C066)

Corydoras sp. (C067)

Corydoras sp. (C068)

Corydoras sp. (C071)

Corydoras sp. (C073)

Corydoras sp. (C074)

Corydoras sp. (C075)

Corydoras sp. (C076)

Corydoras sp. (C077)

Corydoras sp. (C078)

Corydoras sp. (C084)

Corydoras sp. (C085)

Corydoras sp. (C086)

Corydoras sp. (C087)

Corydoras sp. (C088)

Corydoras sp. (C089)

Corydoras sp. (C090)

Corydoras sp. (C091)

Corydoras sp. (C092)

Corydoras sp. (C094)

Corydoras sp. (C095)

Corydoras sp. (C096)

Corydoras sp. (C097)

Corydoras sp. (C098)

Corydoras sp. (C099)

Corydoras sp. (C100)

Corydoras sp. (C101)

Corydoras sp. (C102)

Corydoras sp. (C103)

Corydoras sp. (C109)

Corydoras sp. (C110)

Corydoras sp. (C114)

Corydoras sp. (C115) (now C. fulleri)

Corydoras sp. (C116) (now C. fulleri)

Corydoras sp. (C117)

Corydoras sp. (C120)

Corydoras sp. (C121)

Corydoras sp. (C122)

Corydoras sp. (C123)

Corydoras sp. (C124)

Corydoras sp. (C126)

Corydoras sp. (C127)

Corydoras sp. (C128)

Corydoras sp. (C129)

Corydoras sp. (C130)

Corydoras sp. (C131)

Corydoras sp. (C132)

Corydoras sp. (C133)

Corydoras sp. (C134)

Corydoras sp. (C135)

Corydoras sp. (C136)

Corydoras sp. (C137)

Corydoras sp. (C138)

Corydoras sp. (C139)

Corydoras sp. (C140) (C. imitator)

Corydoras sp. (C141)

Corydoras sp. (C142)

Corydoras sp. (C143)

Corydoras sp. (C144)

Corydoras sp. (C145)

Corydoras sp. (C150)

Corydoras sp. (C151)

Corydoras sp. (C152)

Corydoras sp. (C153)

Corydoras sp. (C154) (semi adult stage of CW027)

Corydoras sp. (C155)

Corydoras sp. (C156)

Corydoras sp. (CW001)

Corydoras sp. (CW002)

Corydoras sp. (CW004)

Corydoras sp. (CW006) (now C. bethanae)

Corydoras sp. (CW007)

Corydoras sp. (CW008)

Corydoras sp. (CW009)

Corydoras sp. (CW010)

Corydoras sp. (CW012)

Corydoras sp. (CW013)

Corydoras sp. (CW014)

Corydoras sp. (CW015)

Corydoras sp. (CW016)

Corydoras sp. (CW017)

Corydoras sp. (CW018)

Corydoras sp. (CW019)

Corydoras sp. (CW020) (now C. granti)

Corydoras sp. (CW021)

Corydoras sp. (CW022) (now C. undulatus)

Corydoras sp. (CW023)

Corydoras sp. (CW026)

Corydoras sp. (CW028)

Corydoras sp. (CW029)

Corydoras sp. (CW030)

Corydoras sp. (CW033)

Corydoras sp. (CW037)

Corydoras sp. (CW039)

Corydoras sp. (CW040)

Corydoras sp. (CW041)

Corydoras sp. (CW044)

Corydoras sp. (CW045)

Corydoras sp. (CW046)

Corydoras sp. (CW047)

Corydoras sp. (CW048)

Corydoras sp. (CW049)

Corydoras sp. (CW050)

Corydoras sp. (CW051)

Corydoras sp. (CW053)

Corydoras sp. (CW054)

Corydoras sp. (CW055)

Corydoras sp. (CW056)

Corydoras sp. (CW057)

Corydoras sp. (CW058)

Corydoras sp. (CW059)

Corydoras sp. (CW060)

Corydoras sp. (CW061)

Corydoras sp. (CW062)

Corydoras sp. (CW064)

Corydoras sp. (CW065)

Corydoras sp. (CW068)

Corydoras sp. (CW069)

Corydoras sp. (CW071)

Corydoras sp. (CW072)

Corydoras sp. (CW073)

Corydoras sp. (CW074)

Corydoras sp. (CW075)

Corydoras sp. (CW078)

Corydoras sp. (CW079)

Corydoras sp. (CW080)

Corydoras sp. (CW081)

Corydoras sp. (CW082)

Corydoras sp. (CW083)

Corydoras sp. (CW084)

Corydoras sp. (CW085)

Corydoras sp. (CW086)

Corydoras sp. (CW087)

Corydoras sp. (CW088)

Corydoras sp. (CW089)

Corydoras sp. (CW090)

Corydoras sp. (CW091)

Corydoras sp. (CW093)

Corydoras sp. (CW096)

Corydoras sp. (CW097)

Corydoras sp. (CW098)

Corydoras sp. (CW099)

Corydoras sp. (CW100)

Corydoras sp. (CW101)

Corydoras sp. (CW102)

Corydoras sp. (CW104)

Corydoras sp. (CW105)

Corydoras sp. (CW106)

Corydoras sp. (CW107)

Corydoras sp. (CW108)

Corydoras sp. (CW109)

Corydoras sp. (CW110)

Corydoras sp. (CW111)

Corydoras sp. (CW112)

Corydoras sp. (CW114) (C. sipaliwini)

Corydoras sp. (CW115)

Corydoras sp. (CW116)

Corydoras sp. (CW117)

Corydoras sp. (CW118)

Corydoras sp. (CW120)

Corydoras sp. (CW122)

Corydoras sp. (CW123)

Corydoras sp. (CW124)

Corydoras sp. (CW125)

Corydoras sp. (CW127)

Corydoras sp. (CW128)

Corydoras sp. (CW129)

Corydoras sp. (CW130)

Corydoras sp. (CW131)

Corydoras sp. (CW133)

Corydoras sp. (CW134)

Corydoras sp. (CW135)

Corydoras sp. (CW137)

Corydoras sp. (CW138)

Corydoras sp. (CW139)

Corydoras sp. (CW140)

Corydoras sp. (CW142)

Corydoras sp. (CW143)

Corydoras sp. (CW144)

Corydoras sp. (CW145)

Corydoras sp. (CW146)

Corydoras sp. (CW149)

Corydoras sp. (CW150)

Corydoras sp. (CW151)

Corydoras sp. (CW152)

Corydoras sp. (CW153)

Corydoras sp. (CW155)

Corydoras sp. (CW156)

Corydoras sp. (CW157)

Corydoras sp. (CW158)

Corydoras sp. (CW159)

Corydoras sp. (CW160)

Corydoras sp. (CW161)

Corydoras sp. (CW162)

Corydoras sp. (CW163)

Corydoras sp. (CW164)

Corydoras sp. (CW165)

Corydoras sp. (CW166)

Corydoras sp. (CW167)

Corydoras sp. (CW169)

Corydoras sp. (CW173)

Corydoras sp. (CW174)

Corydoras sp. (CW175)

Corydoras sp. (CW176)

Corydoras sp. (CW180)

Corydoras sp. (CW181)

Corydoras sp. (CW182)

Corydoras sp. (CW185)

Corydoras sp. (CW186)

Corydoras spectabilis

Corydoras spilurus

Corydoras steindachneri

Corydoras stenocephalus

Corydoras sterbai

Corydoras surinamensis

Corydoras sychri

Corydoras treitlii

Corydoras trilineatus

Corydoras tukano

Corydoras undulatus

Corydoras urucu

Corydoras venezuelanus

Corydoras virginiae

Corydoras vittatus

Corydoras weitzmani

Corydoras xinguensis

Corydoras zawadzkii

Corydoras zygatus

Dianema longibarbus

Dianema urostriatum

Hoplosternum littorale

Hoplosternum magdalenae

Hoplosternum punctatum

Lepthoplosternum altamazonicum

Lepthoplosternum beni

Lepthoplosternum pectorale

Lepthoplosternum tordilho

Megalechis picta

Megalechis thoracata

Scleromystax barbatus

Scleromystax kronei

Scleromystax lacerdai

Scleromystax macropterus

Scleromystax prionotos

Scleromystax salmacis

Scleromystax sp. (C112)

Scleromystax sp. (C113)

Scleromystax sp. (CW038)

Scleromystax sp. (CW042)

Scleromystax sp. (CW067)

Scleromystax sp. (CW092)

Scleromystax sp. (CW147)

Scleromystax sp. (CW148)

Scleromystax virgulatus

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