Cory ID

[RD.]

Would anyone happen to know what species the cory furthest to the back is in the attached photo? Thanks!

[Richard B]

its something like Cory ambiacus,

Corydoras agassizii

, cory lamberti, etc

have a look at cat-e-log to see more pics

[RD.]

Thanks Richard, been there, done that, but couldn't find anything that had a solid line at the base of the caudal fin. So I guess my search will continue.

[Richard B]

yes that line of colour is pretty obvious in this individual. Many species show a bit of variation but this one seems a bit distinct. Is it wild caught & do we know capture location if it is?

There would alwaysbe a slight possibility that it is a hybridised individual but this seems a rare occurrance with corys

[corielover]

Corydoras ornatus

actually does have a solid line at the base of the caudal fin, but it's body markings are much more defined. I think

Corydoras osteocarus

is a better bet, in the Cat-eLog pics no black marking at the base of the caudal fin is shown, but after browsing other images I found several that showed a solid black line across the base of the caudal fin. I think it probably depends a lot on locality with this fish.

[Richard B]

It's definately not osteocarus.

We really ned Kim M or Coryman etc to chip in

[kim m]

It is defiantely neither osteocarus or ornatus.

I think the snout is too long for the species Richard mentions. I would lean more towards delphax allthough the pattern is a bit large-spotted for those also. It could be one of the manu C-numbers with a pattern like this. A catch-location would have been handy

[RD.]

Thanks gents, appreciate the help. Richard, I would expect that it is wild caught as it arrived at a LFS with a group of C. reticulatus, which I'm assuming are not being commercially bred as of yet.

As to collection location, I'm afraid that is a question that I would not be able to answer.

Thanks again.

[kim m]

Well...theres's C10 and C80. Maybe C103 as well...

There are probably more of these spotted ones that come unnoticed as contaminants. All difficult to tell apart.