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These are my dad's fish. He has four of these, and we're not sure what kind of aspidoras they are. Any ideas?

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Several people on the CorydorasWorld and US Corydoras Keepers Facebook pages have been discussing the fact that very many of the Aspidoras sold in the USA (except ) are hybrids because of poor sorting of similar-appearing species by importers, wholesalers, retailers and even hobbyists, who then sell the offspring back to retailers, who unwittingly resell them as valid species. I can't attest to the validity of this concern or how widespread the problem is, but I know that some serious Cory hobbyists won't buy Aspidoras in the USA unless they are coming from known, trusted importers.

That's not particularly helpful info, but I present it to suggest that your dad's fish might also be hybrids. ID'ing most Aspidoras can be difficult.

Do you know where/when your dad bought them?
Cheers, Eric

Yeah that could be possible. He bought them from Josh at Batfish Aquatics almost a year ago.

Oh yeah and I forgot to mention but they were listed as Aspidoras. sp 'Senger' or 'Sanger' can't remember which.

Aspidoras sp. 'Senger' is in fact also known as Aspidoras sp. C118. For more info on your fish, read this link: http://bdweb313932.bluedomino.com/artic ... enger.html

As usual, Silurus nailed it.

Cheers, Eric

Thanks!