Help me ID my corys
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Firstly C. schwartzi according to the description should display a black dorsal spine as well as a small black shoulder blotch. There are a couple of pictures in the cat-elog under C. schwartzi that do not display the black in the dorsal, these could just be colour variations or possibly a new species. There are several other species, C. loxozonus and C. leucomelas are two species that show a tremendous amount of colour variation and with this in mind it is extremely difficult to determine an exact identification from one fish.
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Thanks for clearing that up Ian. I have had a group of 6 (2 left) of what I thought were C. schwartzi that all had the white dorsal spine (exactly like the ones above). But, looking at the picture in the cat-elog of a large group shoaling in mid-water there seems to be a lot variation there, as far as i can make out. Does C. loxozonus not always have the distinctive black stripe running from the dorsal fin to the ventral lobe of the caudal?
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Hi
I must admit that I have seen similar looking fish labelled for sale as C schwartzi in the UK and also saw them arrive mixed up with schwartzi in orders when I worked part time in the aquatic trade. I have also seen leucomelas, ornatus, ambiacus and melanistius mixed in as well. I remember one batch of 25 fish having 5 different species I could see.
Matt
I must admit that I have seen similar looking fish labelled for sale as C schwartzi in the UK and also saw them arrive mixed up with schwartzi in orders when I worked part time in the aquatic trade. I have also seen leucomelas, ornatus, ambiacus and melanistius mixed in as well. I remember one batch of 25 fish having 5 different species I could see.
Matt