Corydoras aeneus or melanotaenia?

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Corydoras aeneus or melanotaenia?

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Hi, this is one of my older females, I purchased some as "green-gold" and back 10+ years ago this one was bought along with a handful of others as just a green corydora. Is it aeneus or melanotaenia?
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Re: Corydoras aeneus or melanotaenia?

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Hi blackwind6,

Welcome to PlanetCatfish! Your corys look like , not . The green-gold corys have an elongate body compared to aeneus, and green-golds have lemon-yellow colored fins (especially the tail) - almost a neon color (e.g., here: https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/im ... e_id=20894)

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Re: Corydoras aeneus or melanotaenia?

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Hi,

definitely not Corydoras melanotaenia but C. aeneus.

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