want to verify....

Pooks73 · Post by **Pooks73** » 29 Oct 2003, 06:04

found these tonight at my lfs....what are they??? just want to double check...

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 29 Oct 2003, 08:42

Corydoras delphax? Not too sure from the picture, they may also be Corydoras melanistus but the head profile looks to "snouty" (to borrow a fullerism) for me.

Jools

Post by **Silurus** » 29 Oct 2003, 11:44

I thought it was the other way around. The snouts are not acute enough to be C. delphax and they should be C. melanistius instead.

Pooks73 · Post by **Pooks73** » 29 Oct 2003, 14:35

i was thinking c. melanistius when i picked them up. they do have the short, shubby nose rather than the long snout.

thanks

Post by **Coryman** » 29 Oct 2003, 19:25

Pooks73

At first glance I would say either C. melanistius or C. ephippifer but I have a question, I can't clearly see the caudal fins, is there any vertical baring showing? if so they are not either of these two species. If possible can you post another picture.

Ian

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 30 Oct 2003, 14:12

Silurus wrote:I thought it was the other way around. The snouts are not acute enough to be C. delphax and they should be C. melanistius instead.

Yes, I meant not "snouty" enough. Also, we should consider than more than one species might be present. The fish in the middle left of the picture looks like <I>C. melanistus</I> but the one below it looks "snoutier" but maybe that is the angle of the shot?

Jools