id on this cory please

[firemouth126]

Bought it as a black venezuelan but been told its a black schultzie, help please

[Borbi]

Hi,

That's the bred black variety of Corydoras schultzei (if I'm not mistaken still technically a synonym of Corydoras aeneus).

Cheers,
Sandor

[firemouth126]

So ive been mis sold them then, payed nealy £18 for 3

[Mol_PMB]

Probably 30% of all Cories in local fish shops are sold by the wrong species name!
£6 each is certainly a fair price for those in my opinion; I've seen them on sale for double that in some shops.

[firemouth126]

Just glad i havent been ripped off, still a lovely cory

[Karsten S.]

Hi,

Bought it as a black venezuelan but been told its a black schultzie, help please

the name "black venezuelan" (or similar) is very frequently misused.

This name has been given to a (wild) dark aeneus variant from Venezuela which is not available in the trade.
Sandor's explanation and ID is absolutely right.

Cheers,