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Scientific Name	**Scleromystax virgulatus** (Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980)
Common Names	Blazed Cory Blisset Pansermalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Córrego Chambado, Espírito Santo, Munic. de Linhares, Espírito State, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Aspidoras virgulatus
Pronunciation	ss KLER oh muss tax
Etymology	Scleromystax: From the Greek sclero meaning hard and the Latin mystax meaning moustache. This specific epithet refers to its striped (virgulatus=striped) appearance.
Species Information
Size	45mm or 1.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Coastal rivers in Espírito Santo, Brazil. Espirito Santo State Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Will readily accepted all prepared foods that reach the bottom of the aquarium such as tablets, granules and larger flakes. Live (or frozen) foods such as bloodworm, white worm, grindal worm (Enchytraeus), Daphnia and Tubifex are readily accepted and good for conditioning groups of fishes for spawning. User data.
Furniture	Ideally substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative. Avoid keeping over rough edged (chipped) gravel, this will increase this risk of damage the fishes barbels when it tries to dig. Substrate should be bordered with driftwood and aquatic plants leaving an open area for them to search for food and swim. The shade provided by overhanging rock work, arching bogwood, tall or floating plants are all that is required to settle these fishes.
Compatibility	A peaceful, shoaling, community fish.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam v. 7 (no. 13), pp 133, Figs. 1-2.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:41 (species record created: 2006 Jul 20 00:00)