Corydoras

Species in the catalogue: 84

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  • Melini's Corydoras

    Melini's Corydoras

    Corydoras melini

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Melini's Corydoras, scientifically known as Corydoras melini, belongs to the family Callichthyidae, which includes armored or callichthyid catfishes. The name of this fish commemorates the Swedish biologist Douglas…

  • Meta Corydoras

    Meta Corydoras

    Corydoras metae

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Corydoras metae is known to aquarists as the meta corydoras, bandit cory, or black-mask catfish, and belongs to the family Callichthyidae. This species lives exclusively in the Río Meta basin, a left tributary of the…

  • Mosaic Corydoras

    Mosaic Corydoras

    Corydoras haraldschultzi

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The scientific name Corydoras haraldschultzi indicates that the Mosaic Corydoras, or Harald Schultz's Corydoras, belongs to the family Callichthyidae. The catfish received one of its names thanks to the Brazilian fish…

  • Panda Corydoras

    Panda Corydoras

    Corydoras panda

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The Panda Corydoras, widely known as the Panda Catfish or Panda Cory (scientific name Corydoras panda), belongs to the family Callichthyidae. These fish originate from the upper Amazon River basin, where the foothills…

  • Pastaza Corydoras

    Pastaza Corydoras

    Corydoras pastazensis

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The Pastaza Corydoras, also known as the Pastaza Cory catfish, bears the scientific name Corydoras pastazensis and belongs to the family Callichthyidae (Armored or Callichthid catfishes). This fish was named after the…

  • Peppered Corydoras

    Peppered Corydoras

    Corydoras paleatus

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The Peppered Corydoras, scientifically known as Corydoras paleatus, belongs to the extensive Callichthyidae family. This fish will harmoniously fit into almost any freshwater aquarium environment and, thanks to its…

  • Pigmy Corydoras

    Pigmy Corydoras

    Corydoras delphax

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Corydoras delphax, also known as the Pigmy Corydoras, bears the scientific name Corydoras delphax. Scientists may have given this catfish such a name due to its habit of actively rooting in the substrate with its nose…

  • Pinheiro's Corydoras

    Pinheiro's Corydoras

    Corydoras pinheiroi

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Corydoras pinheiroi, also known as Pinheiro's Corydoras, belongs to the family Callichthyidae (Armored Catfishes). It was named in honor of Mario Pinheiro, a prominent Brazilian patron who actively supported scientific…

  • Plated Cory

    Plated Cory

    Scleromystax barbatus

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Scleromystax barbatus, known as the Plated Cory or Bearded Cory, belongs to the Callichthyidae family. This species is considered the largest among the Corydoras genus, reaching approximately 10 cm in length. Otherwise,…

  • Pygmy Corydoras

    Pygmy Corydoras

    Corydoras pygmaeus

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The Pygmy Corydoras, also known as the Pygmy Catfish, belongs to the family Callichthyidae, and its scientific name is Corydoras pygmaeus. In its natural habitat, this fish can be found in the Madeira River basin, which…

  • Rabaut's Corydoras

    Rabaut's Corydoras

    Corydoras rabauti

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Rabaut's Corydoras, also known as the Orange or Rusty Corydoras, bears the scientific name Corydoras rabauti and is classified in the family Callichthyidae. Its natural habitat is located in the Javarí River basin,…

  • Reticulated Corydoras

    Reticulated Corydoras

    Corydoras reticulatus

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The Reticulated Corydoras, scientifically known as Corydoras reticulatus, is a member of the family Callichthyidae, or Armored Catfishes. Its natural habitat is South America, where it is widely distributed in the lower…

  • Saddle Corydoras

    Saddle Corydoras

    Corydoras ephippifer

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Corydoras ephippifer, also known as the Saddle Corydoras, bears the scientific name Corydoras ephippifer. It is a member of the Callichthyidae family, which includes armored or callichthyid catfishes. Its name is…

  • Salt and Pepper Corydoras

    Salt and Pepper Corydoras

    Corydoras habrosus

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Corydoras habrosus is the name of this elegant Corydoras, also known as the Venezuelan Pygmy Cory. It belongs to the family Callichthyidae, which includes armored or callichthyid catfish. The common name of the fish…

  • Sands's Corydoras

    Sands's Corydoras

    Corydoras davidsandsi

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Sands's Corydoras, also known as Cory Sands catfish (scientific name Corydoras davidsandsi), belongs to the family Callichthyidae — armored or callichthyid catfishes. It was named in honor of David Sands, a renowned…

  • Santa Cruz Corydoras

    Santa Cruz Corydoras

    Corydoras cruziensis

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The Santa Cruz Corydoras, scientifically known as Corydoras cruziensis, belongs to the family Callichthyidae (armored catfishes). The fish is named after the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia (South America), where it…

  • Scleromystax prionotos

    Scleromystax prionotos

    Scleromystax prionotos

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Scleromystax prionotos, known as the Scleromystax catfish, belongs to the family Callichthyidae, which unites armored or callichthyid catfishes. Its scientific and common names reflect a characteristic feature of the…

  • Short-snouted Corydoras

    Short-snouted Corydoras

    Corydoras brevirostris

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The Short-snouted Corydoras, or Short-snouted Cory catfish, scientifically known as Corydoras brevirostris, belongs to the armored catfish family. Although this fish was described back in 1947 and has long been kept in…

  • Spotted Corydoras

    Spotted Corydoras

    Corydoras melanistius

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Corydoras melanistius, also known as the Spotted Corydoras or Black Sail Corydoras, belongs to the family Callichthyidae. These fish are native to northeastern South America, specifically the coastal regions of Guyana,…

  • Spotted-tail Corydoras

    Spotted-tail Corydoras

    Corydoras caudimaculatus

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The spotted-tail Corydoras, scientifically known as Corydoras caudimaculatus, belongs to the family Callichthyidae – the armored or callichthyid catfishes. The fish is named for a distinctive feature of its body…

  • Sterba's Corydoras

    Sterba's Corydoras

    Corydoras sterbai

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Sterba's Corydoras, scientifically known as Corydoras sterbai, belongs to the family Callichthyidae, also called Armored or Callichthid Catfish. This fish originates from South America, specifically found in the Guaporé…

  • Wavy Corydoras

    Wavy Corydoras

    Corydoras undulatus

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    Corydoras undulatus, or Wavy Corydoras (scientific name Corydoras undulatus), belongs to the family Callichthyidae, known as Armored Catfish. This small catfish originates from the waters of South America; specifically,…

  • Weitzman's Corydoras

    Weitzman's Corydoras

    Corydoras weitzmani

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The scientific name Corydoras weitzmani is given to Weitzman's Corydoras, belonging to the family Callichthyidae (armored catfish). This fish is named after Dr Stanley Weitzman, an American ichthyologist.

  • White-striped Corydoras

    White-striped Corydoras

    Corydoras albolineatus

    Armored Catfish (Callichthyidae)

    The white-striped Corydoras, named Corydoras albolineatus, is a member of the Callichthyidae family (Armored or Callichthyid Catfishes). Before its official scientific description in 2004, this species was known by the…