Cory ID - julii, trilineatus?

fishtank · Post by **fishtank** » 12 Mar 2004, 16:44

Hi,

This is my first post here on the forums, and I'm looking for confirmation on the ID of a group of cories.

I got these cories as C. Julii, but after reading the profiles and looking at pictures online, I now believe I have C. Trilineatus. Still, from the pictures I've seen, the lines on Trilineatus seem to be less well defined than the ones on the fish I have...

Please check the picture (link below) and let me know what you think.

pictures

Thanks!

xsu-xsu · Post by **xsu-xsu** » 12 Mar 2004, 16:49

I'm fairly sure they are trilineatus. c. julii have spots on the forehead rather than lines.

However, trilineatus have very wavy lines on their body too and yours don't seem to have that feature so tyhey may be something else entirely. Definitely not julii though!!

a.d.wood · Post by **a.d.wood** » 12 Mar 2004, 21:33

Hi there,

If you have access to the aqualog book 'all corydoras' check page 47 (pic ref S20840-4), > C. trilineatus with well defined pattern > just like yours!!!!!

Andrew

Fish Demon · Post by **Fish Demon** » 13 Mar 2004, 05:27

I am 100% sure those are C. trilineatus. They look just like mine and just about every picture I've seen of the species.

fishtank · Post by **fishtank** » 13 Mar 2004, 05:30

Thanks everyone for helping ID my cories!

Post by **Coryman** » 13 Mar 2004, 15:10

The colour patterns of both species are variable, but C. trilineatus is the most diverse ranging from thick heavy wavy lines and blotches to thin delicate lines and spots. Other than the fact that the two species come from area's thousands of kilometers apart the body shape of C. julii is far slimmer than C. trilineatus when viewed head on.

Ian