Wild caught corys

gabs · Post by **gabs** » 05 Mar 2006, 12:18

Hello i'm new to his forum> this is an excellent site with excellent reference and excellent pictures. Well done guys.

I recently bought a group of wild caught corys which i'm finding hard to identify. Almost each cory seem to differ in some way from the ohers. Here are some pics..

Thanking you
gabs

WhitePine · Post by **WhitePine** » 05 Mar 2006, 20:48

Check this link.

probaly a mix of C. leucomelas, C. agassizii and C. ambiacus and/or C. gomezi.

But then again I am not a cory expert.

chef · Post by **chef** » 05 Mar 2006, 22:33

whitepine is right about the first three species but no gomezi unfortunatley

. when shane did his talk for us last year he said these were caught i their thousands mixed together (leucomelas, ambiacus, and agassizii)

housewren · Post by **housewren** » 06 Mar 2006, 06:16

Are these not young C. delphax? To me the head profile looks like it has a hump in the predorsal region.

Cheryl Trine

gabs · Post by **gabs** » 06 Mar 2006, 17:29

Thank you all, WhitePine, chef and housewren.

You were all af great help.

Need any other pictures of one of the corys housewren?

housewren · Post by **housewren** » 06 Mar 2006, 19:52

Hi Gabs,

If you could provide a picture of the first one, the fish on the left from a direct side angle as you have, but with the face and tail showing

I'm still learning to distinguish C. delphax and, as I understand it, the key points are in the head profile and tail.

Thanks,

Cheryl

gabs · Post by **gabs** » 08 Mar 2006, 11:48

Hi housewren..

I will post the pics asap.

Another question please?
do the corys mentioned above cross breed??

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 08 Mar 2006, 11:58

In this thread is a list of known cross-breeding species of Corydoras:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hp?t=12026

Of course, just because two species aren't listed above doesn't actually mean that they won't cross-breed. Unfortunately, there's no list of species that will NOT cross-breed. As general rule, fish that live near each other are unlikely to cross-breed (because they wouldn't have split off into separate species if they did!)

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Mats