PlanetCatfish.com - The genus Corydoras(ln5)

Summary of corydoras(ln5)

Pronounced

kor ee doh rass (lineage five).

Etymology

Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus.

Size

Smallest 23mm, largest 51mm, average 44mm, most commonly 50mm. All SL.

Species

There are 34 "species" in the database

Keepers

34 species (100%) are being kept by registered keepers

New spp. / time


1750	1770	1790	1810	1830	1850	1870	1890	1910	1930	1950	1970	1990	2010

Distribution

Most Kept Species
1.	Corydoras (lineage 5) elegans (20%)
2.	Corydoras (lineage 5) napoensis (18.63%)
3.	Corydoras (lineage 5) pauciradiatus (9.02%)
4.	Corydoras (lineage 5) sp. (C123) (7.06%)
5.	Corydoras (lineage 5) bilineatus (6.86%)
6.	Corydoras (lineage 5) sp. (C089) (4.71%)
7.	Corydoras (lineage 5) nijsseni (4.31%)
8.	Corydoras (lineage 5) nanus (3.73%)
9.	Corydoras (lineage 5) gracilis (3.14%)
10.	Corydoras (lineage 5) sp. (Cw008) (2.94%)
11.	Corydoras (lineage 5) undulatus (2.55%)

Genus Thumbnails
C. bilineatus (i:2, k:35) C. cf. elegans (i:6, k:10) C. elegans (i:15, k:102) C. gracilis (i:14, k:16) C. nanus (i:2, k:19) C. napoensis (i:11, k:95) C. nijsseni (i:14, k:22) C. pauciradiatus (i:15, k:46) C. sp. (C041) (i:4, k:5) C. sp. (C088) (i:2, k:1) C. sp. (C089) (i:7, k:24) C. sp. (C123) (i:7, k:36) C. sp. (C126) (i:14, k:12) C. sp. (C132) (i:3, k:3) C. sp. (Cw008) (i:5, k:15) C. sp. (Cw018) (i:3, k:4) C. sp. (Cw019) (i:2, k:3) C. sp. (Cw022) (i:9, k:11) C. sp. (Cw029) (i:1, k:6) C. sp. (Cw044) (i:8, k:8) C. sp. (Cw048) (i:2, k:3) C. sp. (Cw056) (i:1, k:1) C. sp. (Cw064) (i:2, k:3) C. sp. (Cw085) (i:0, k:1) C. sp. (Cw087) (i:1, k:1) C. sp. (Cw095) (i:1, k:1) C. sp. (Cw096) (i:0, k:1) C. sp. (Cw100) (i:0, k:1) C. sp. (Cw105) (i:3, k:5) C. sp. (Cw110) (i:0, k:1) C. sp. (Cw123) (i:1, k:4) C. sp. (Cw131) (i:1, k:1) C. sp. (Cw144) (i:0, k:1) C. undulatus (i:7, k:13)

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