regarding corydoras orcesi

stormhawk · Post by **stormhawk** » 16 Sep 2003, 05:01

my question is, is C. orcesi a valid species or still considered as a synonym of C. pastazensis? according to fishbase, C. pastazensis is the valid name for this species. but i see no similarity between the former subspecies C. p. pastazensis and C. p. orcesi.

Achim · Post by **Achim** » 16 Sep 2003, 15:10

Hi,

Nijssen and/or IsbrÃ¼cker synonymized Corydoras pastazensis orcesi with Corydoras pastazensis (I think in DATZ in one of the last years), due to the anyways great variability of Corydoras pastazensis.
C96 is sometimes misidentified as Corydoras pastazensis pastazensis (For example in SeuÃ?'s book), but has nothing to do with that species but is related to C. armatus.

Greetings.. Achim

Post by **Coryman** » 16 Sep 2003, 22:59

Firstly ther are no longer any sub-species within Corydoradinae. C. orcesi is a valid species, as is C. pastazensis.

Ian

Achim · Post by **Achim** » 26 Oct 2003, 23:55

Hi,

sorry to dig out this thread from the forums depths, but i totally forgot about that manner until now.

C. orcesi is a valid species, as is C. pastazensis.

Ian, I got a copy of the Cory list made by IsbrÃ¼cker for your book in 2001, and there he lists C. orcesi/C. pastazensis orcesi as a synonym of C. pastazensis.
Has there been a recent revalidisation i am not aware of?

greetings,

Achim

Post by **Coryman** » 27 Oct 2003, 00:57

Both HGE and myself consider C. orcesi and C. pastazensis to be species in their own rights. I will ask Isaac for his views.

Ian