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Do you think is an aeneus green, or can be another thing?



Thanks in advance.

Hi!

My aeneus green doesnt have green over the full body just the stripe and on the belly. Yours look like extremely nice aeneus though.

Those just look like regular aeneus.

Hi!

Yeap no doubt about them these are regular Corydoras aeneus
Cheers
Yann

i agree... nothing but a normal c. aeneus.. a nice one at that though...

They actially look a little more like C. venezuelanus which is still at this time concidered by science as a variation of C. aeneus, scientific comparisons will need to be to verify the species.

Ian

Looks very much like the green variant we have here in Aus. Placed side by side there is a marked difference to our "bronze" aeneus.

Alan

Hi Alan!

But sadly this Cory as nothing to do with the Corydoras sp aff aeneus "PEru Green Strippes" that Jorge was refering to...
Cheers
Yann

G'Day Yann,

No, I was not refering to the "green line" aeneus and I didn't think Jorge was either, for that matter. But a totally green fish like a miniture Brochis splendins. I have 7 colour variants of C aeneus and there are at least two others that I have seen in other collections.

The "bronze" cory imported from Aisian breeders is more a slate grey body with a few green highlights in the gills etc. Then there is the albino, black, "green line", "gold/orange line", "red line", the Venezuelan variant which has a rusty redish blush on the head and dark rusty brown single fins, the green variant ( the originals of my line of 'greens' were purchased off a ship in Brisbane port in 1956 and were soposed to have come from Trinidad).

And one that I'm not over sure of that is slate grey above the lateral line only with a white blelly.

Seeing as we source ourfish from Asia and Euoipe here (very little comes from America direct) the fish in Jorge's pic may well be the commercial C aeneus over there but it is a very different fish from our commercial bronze.

Just a bit more confusion !

Alan

This is what I think you have.

The green metallic sheen can vary according to mood and conditions, this fish had just been caught and was a little distressed.

Ian

Hate to disagree Ian but they do look like Aeneus to me.
Any chance of further pictures?

In truth and until science clarifies it, the fish in question should be titled, Corydoras aeneus sp. venezuelanus. It is only grouped in with C. aeneus as a convenience by science without enough work being done to determine its true place.

I along with others some ichthyologists included, are convinced that it is a true species in its own right. Firstly it only grows to 2/3 the size of the Trinidad C. aeneus. Secondly the body and head shape is totally different.

I have a picture of a true C. aeneus from the type locality in Trinidad but for copyright reasons I cannot as yet show it on the web.

Jorge, do you have any more pictures, I would be interested in other views of the fish

Ian

I along with others some ichthyologists included, are convinced that it is a true species in its own right. Firstly it only grows to 2/3 the size of the Trinidad C. aeneus. Secondly the body and head shape is totally different.

This is what made me think it was not venezuelanus, they look different somehow to mine?
I think we need a better side to view to be sure.

Yes, Ian. I have another picture of the fish




(I'm not the author of the pics)

Now that looks nearer to C. aeneus, Jorge do you know the size of the fish in the pictures.

Ian

No. The girl who send me the pictures said that the size was the same as regular aeneus, but I have never seen the fish, except in these pics.

Hi guys,

I would agree that it's Corydoras aeneus too.

Cheers,