cory evelynae

evdzwaag · Post by **evdzwaag** » 04 Jul 2005, 16:33

My importer says that this species used to be very rare some years ago, but that they are sometimes obtainable now. How common are they now? What would be a normal price for these cory's? And have they been bred allready?

Thanx,
Eelke

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 04 Jul 2005, 17:06

They are quite obviously not very common. I looked at one web-site that stock quite a bit of fish, and another site that purports to find fish for you, and neither had any of these. Searching for other, in my personal experience, somewhat rare varieties of Cory turned up anything up to three shops with stock.

doesn't talk about any breeding, so I suspect it's not bred very often, if at all.

This page seems to indicate that they can be quite pricey. But like always, price is something to be agreed between a seller and a buyer, and no seller can get more than the highest price any potential buyer is willing to pay. Comparatively cheap is this place, at "only" $150 US.

Note that neither of these prices are "available today", but rather old ones. Google is good at finding web-pages that are somewhat (or a lot) out of date...

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Post by **Coryman** » 04 Jul 2005, 19:34

Far from being uncommon they are actually very rare, they originate from the upper Rio Solimoes. most of the specimens found are exported to Japan where Cory enthusiasts are prepared to pay the very hight price that is asked.

C100 is also a very similar looking and equally rare species.

Ian

Post by **corybreed** » 04 Jul 2005, 19:49

I have never seen Corydoras in the flesh. I can't remember it being available in the US. I believe it is named for Evelyn Axelrod.

Mark

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 04 Jul 2005, 22:32

I am looking at the book named A Complete Introduction To Corydoras And Related Catfish by Dr. Warren E. Burgess. On page 63, there's a photo of Corydoras evelynae. The text under the photo is the following,"Corydoras evelynae was named for Mrs. Evelyn Axelrod. It is distinguishable by the broken band along the back from the dorsal to caudal fin." The photo is credited to Dr. Herbert Axelrod.