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Scientific Name Hoplisoma benattii  (Espíndola, Tencatt, Pupo, Villa‐Verde & Britto, 2018)
Common Names C022, Speckled Xingu Cory
Sandpansermalle (Denmark)
Type Locality Rio Culuene, a tributary to the Rio Xingu, between Canarana and Gaúcha do Norte, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 13°30'52"S, 53°05'34"W.
Pronunciation hop lee so mah
Etymology benattii = Named in honour of the late Laert Benatti for his humanitarian work, providing fresh water from artesian wells to poor communities in Brazil.
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Size 40mm or 1.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Sexing Females grow larger and are more full-bodied, this is best observed from above the fish. Males will typically have more pointed as opposed to more rounded fin tips as they mature.
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Distribution Corydoras benattii occurs in both the Rio Xingu and Rio Tapajós basins, Brazilian Amazon. In the Rio Xingu basin, it is known in Mato Grosso State from tributaries to the Rio Culuene, a clearwater tributary of the upper Rio Xingu (type locality) and in Pará State from the Rio Fresco sub drainage (Rio Trairão and Igarapé Manguari), middle Rio Xingu and from the lower Rio Xingu basin near Altamira. In the Rio Tapajós basin, it occurs in the Rio Peixoto de Azevedo, a tributary to the Rio Teles Pires, Mato Grosso and from Rio Cururu, a tributary to the Rio São Manuel, Pará.
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu, Upper Xingu, Culuene (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Upper Tapajós, Cururu (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Upper Tapajós, Teles Pires (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Temperature 22.0-26.0°C or 71.6-78.8°F (Show species within this range)
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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 Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Journal of Fish Biology v. 92 (no. 5), pp [3], Figs. 1-9.
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Last Update 2024 Nov 28 12:07 (species record created: 2014 Feb 26 21:20)