AquaticRepublic.com - Brochis (sub-clade 2) pantanalensis (Callichthyidae) All Fishes

Pair, male below
Female
Male
Male
Video
Close-up of head
Pectoral fin

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Brochis (sub-clade 2) pantanalensis** Knaack, 2001
Common Names	C005, Pantanal Cory Pantanal-pansermalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Pantanal, Departamento Santa Cruz, 16°06'525''S, 59°55'620''W, Bolivia.
Pronunciation	bro kiss sub clade three - pant AN al EN siss
Etymology	Named after its distribution area, the Pantanal.
Species Information
Size	69mm or 2.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Males and females look identical until maturity when only the males develop a strong pattern. Very similar to Corydoras geryi except that C. geryi has a transparent (clear) fins which are sometime patterned too.
Sexing	Mature males show a network pattern with brown, basic colouration always emerald green. Those without the network pattern are either immature or unsuited males or females. Mature females are larger and broader than these unadorned males.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Cussis and Las Petas River basins in Bolivia. Cussis (click on these areas to find other species found there) Las Petas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a 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	Knaack, who collected and described the species, reports captive spawning. He states the fish are easy to breed and compares them to C. geryi (also easy to breed). At 15mm length the fry are brownish mottled.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Aquaristik aktuell (Germany) 9-10/2001, pp 59, Figs.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
Wishlists	Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 9 records of this fish being seen, view them all.
Forum BBCode

	Look up B. pantanalensis on PlanetCatfish.com
	Look up B. pantanalensis on Fishbase
	Look up B. pantanalensis on Encyclopedia of Life
	Look up B. pantanalensis on Global Biodiversity Information Facility
	LFS label creator ARN ref:1.1.1584.65
Last Update	2024 Jun 12 13:46 (species record created: 2001 Apr 30 00:00)