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Relevant
Information:
This species can be variable
in colouration and is also quite rare in the hobby.
Lineage: Placed 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
serratus 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. Etymology:
The specific name serratus: Latin for toothed
like a saw, referring to “distinctively serrated
or toothed” pectoral-fin spines. Remarks:
C146 is the same species as C. serratus.
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
None
Family:
Callichthyidae
Distribution:
South America:
Brazil, Rio Poranga, 8 kilometres north of the Nobua
oba, where the two streams join a small tributary
of the Upper Negro River.
Size:
Male: 6.0cm (2¼ins)
Female: 6.5cm (2½ins)
Temp:
22-26°C (71-79°F)
p.H.
6.0-7.2.
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. Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers
(2011). Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish Supplement
1. Ian Fuller Enterprises. www.corydorasworld.com
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