Corydoras ID

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MIKESHELEF
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Corydoras ID

Post by MIKESHELEF »

Hey everyone :)
I bought this Cory yesterday, Can someone please help me identify the fish?
It seems to be .



What do you think?

Thanks in advance
Mike
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Re: Corydoras ID

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I'm no expert, but afaics you've answered your own question.
Nice fish!
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Re: Corydoras ID

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Why not c.imitator?
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Re: Corydoras ID

Post by MIKESHELEF »

I do not know why not ...
I did not say that I have the C140. :icon-wink:
Indeed, very similar to .

I'm still not sure what it is.

Anyway, thank you both. :)
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Re: Corydoras ID

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I've never seen either of them and I'm not an expert in these but they simply look the same, size should be the same, locations they come from are similar. I don't know...
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Re: Corydoras ID

Post by The.Dark.One »

Looks more like C. imitator to me, apparantly C140 has a clear area on the cleithrum, which your fish doesnt appear to have.
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Re: Corydoras ID

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The.Dark.One wrote:Looks more like C. imitator to me, apparantly C140 has a clear area on the cleithrum, which your fish doesnt appear to have.
You're probably right.
Thank you.
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