Telling the difference...

Nieky · Post by **Nieky** » 02 Jan 2007, 17:45

Hello everyone,

How can one tell the difference between Corydoras isbrueckeri and Corydoras cf. lamberti?

My LFS sold me some C. isbrueckeri, but I suspect them to be C. cf. lamberti, since they appear not to have a "long nose".

No photo's available, because I don't own a digital camera.

Thanks in advance,

Nieky

kim m · Post by **kim m** » 03 Jan 2007, 05:14

C. cf. lamberti (or C-009 as it's also known):

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... cies_id=67

and C. isbrueckeri:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... cies_id=45

You'll see that C-009 has fewer, larger spots than the other one

I think they're quite easy to tell apart. I have a group of C-009 myself. Very shy fish.

Nieky · Post by **Nieky** » 03 Jan 2007, 07:44

Thanks for the reply. I'm quite positive they are C. cf. lamberti and to be honest, I think they're a lot prettier

kim m · Post by **kim m** » 03 Jan 2007, 08:34

Yes, the C-009 are very pretty fish.

I good condition, they get a bright yellow colour on the back behind the head.

Not had any remotely breeding-looking action though.

Nieky · Post by **Nieky** » 03 Jan 2007, 16:00

Me neither, but then again, I'm still working on the tank. I got 6 of them, varying from 2 cm till 5 cm. They're a happy bunch, accompanied by 2 Ancistrus sp. (not quite sure which, my guess is the common kind

The biggest one is most shy, the smallest one is the bravest... strange behaviour...one would say it should be the other way around