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| Scientific Name | Hoplisoma gossei (Nijssen, 1972) |
| Common Names | Palespotted Corydoras Blegplettet Pansermalle (Denmark), Gosses Panzerwels (Germany) |
| Type Locality | Near Guajará Mirim, 10°50'S, 65°21'W, Rio Mamoré system, Rondônia State, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Corydoras gossei |
| Pronunciation | hop lee so mah - GAW say eye |
| Etymology | Named to honour Dr. Jean-Pierre Gosse. |
| Articles |  - Shane's World  Reproduction Breeding Corydoras gossei |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 55mm or 2.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | May be confused with C. seussi, but this species has a rounded snout, C. seussi has a pointed snout. |
| Sexing | Females grow larger and are more full-bodied, this is best observed from above the fish. Males will typically have more pointed as opposed to more rounded fin tips as they mature. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Mamoré River basin. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Temperature | 22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show species within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Will readily accepted all prepared foods that reach the bottom of the aquarium such as tablets, granules and larger flakes. Live (or frozen) foods such as bloodworm, white worm, grindal worm (Enchytraeus), Daphnia and Tubifex are readily accepted and good for conditioning groups of fishes for spawning. User data. |
| Furniture | Ideally substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative. Avoid keeping over rough edged (chipped) gravel, this will increase this risk of damage the fishes barbels when it tries to dig. Substrate should be bordered with driftwood and aquatic plants leaving an open area for them to search for food and swim. The shade provided by overhanging rock work, arching bogwood, tall or floating plants are all that is required to settle these fishes. |
| Compatibility | A peaceful, shoaling, community fish. |
| Breeding | See Shane's World article |
| Breeding Reports | There are 7 breeding reports, read them all here. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Netherlands Journal of Zoology v. 21 (no. 4), pp 424, Fig. 6. |
| Registered Keepers | There are 98 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 28 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.1.1580.388 | |
| Last Update | 2024 Nov 09 01:20 (species record created: 2001 Apr 21 00:00) |