Unknown corydoras ID? Possible dwarf.

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Unknown corydoras ID? Possible dwarf.

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I purchased an interesting cory today. It came in with a shipment of otocinclus. It's coloration is an almost translucent white with black spots along its lateral line and dorsal. Size is roughly 1/2 in or 12 mm. Can anyone help me ID it? Thanks for any assistance you can give me!

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Re: Unknown corydoras ID? Possible dwarf.

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Corydoras habrosus Weitzman, 1960
A dwarf species coming from Venezuela that grows to around 35 mm SL. for females and 30 mm SL. for males.

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Re: Unknown corydoras ID? Possible dwarf.

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Interesting - I just got two of these from a tank of Otocinclus at Petsmart tonight. Maybe I should scour Petsmarts in the area to see if I can find some more of these guys.
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Re: Unknown corydoras ID? Possible dwarf.

Post by medaka »

There is information on these small cory's in the cat-elog
corydoras habrosus



& There is a nice report on their spawning by Don Kinyon in Shanes world


spawning C habrosus
I ‘Doc I can’t stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home’
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‘Is it common?’
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