Scleromystax kronei?

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Scleromystax kronei?

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Six of these came into my LFS - they arrived in a bad way and this is the only survivor - not sure if it's or not?
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Hmm - this looks like a cory species...not sure which one but certainly not anything usually seen
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Nothing i could see in cat-e-log was vaguely close (unless i missed something).

One for Ian without a doubt (& a few others, of course). I really don't think this is any scleromystax specie
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Thanks Richard - they (it) came in i believe as Scleromystax, and the kronei was similar, but I wasn't sure either.
It's a decent sized fish, I'd say about 2"-2.5" if that helps.
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Hi!

Actually this Corydoras is
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hello mate sorry i was not in the shop when you took this picture..
the fish in question came in from peru under the name Corydoras Huanta.. which is also known as Corydoras fowleri
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Looks more like Yann's suggestion of than the importer's ID of .
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Re: Scleromystax kronei?

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I checked those 2 species but the "nasal stripe" & black dorsal (including the dorsal spine) put me off these - presuming the unidentified one & the 2 suggestions are typical patterning there is still a lot of variation - i'm not saying these are not great suggestions but i'd still like to see what Ian thinks.....i'm not brilliant with corys :oops:
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The fish is C. semiaquelus, often called by other names, kincluding "Peru Black"

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Re: Scleromystax kronei?

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Coryman wrote:The fish is C. semiaquelus, often called by other names, kincluding "Peru Black"

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Thanks Ian for confirming Yann's ID, and also Richard and Dave for your input too. :thumbsup:
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Martin
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