Rabauti or Zygatus?

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Rabauti or Zygatus?

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Re: Rabauti or Zygatus?

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Kets
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Re: Rabauti or Zygatus?

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I'm just wondering, but how do you tell?
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Re: Rabauti or Zygatus?

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Corydoras rabauti has a fuller body - otherwise they are pretty hard to tell apart.

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Re: Rabauti or Zygatus?

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Fish one though is pretty skinny. (he's getting fatter though)
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Re: Rabauti or Zygatus?

Post by Coryman »

The simplist way to separate the two species id in the dark stripe, in C. rabauti it has matt appearance, where as with C. zygatus the stripe has a metallic sheen to it. Also there is a colour break in the band just below the dorsal spine.

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