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Scientific Name	**Hoplisoma apiaka** (Espíndola, Spencer, Rocha & Britto, 2014)
Common Names	Arinos Cory Arinos-pansermalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Ribeirão Oito de Julho, a tributary of the right margin of rio Arinos, Rio Tapajós basin, road MT‑338 between Tapurah-Nova Paraná, Porto dos Gaúchos, Mato Grosso, 11°41’44"S, 57°06’42"W, Brazil.
Pronunciation	hop lee so mah
Etymology	The name apiakais a noun in apposition, named for the indigenous Apiaká tribe; the tribe is known for facial tattoos, bravery in battles, and cannibalistic rituals.
Species Information
Identification	C. apiaka can be identified by the following traits: Having the dorsal fin spine smaller than the three anterior branched dorsal fin rays; having numerous dark-brown spots with diffuse borders over the head and body, scattered in a somewhat random pattern; having pectoral, pelvic and anal fins hyaline, and adipose fin hyaline or bearing one spot; lacking blotches on interradial membrane of dorsal fin; lacking spots over the anal fin base; lacking small platelets on the belly (i.e., the belly is naked).
Sexing	No unique sexual dimorphisms were reported for this species.
General Remarks	Corydoras apiaka resembles other spotted corys such as C. albolineatus, C. maculifer, C. multimaculatus, C. polystictus and C. xinguensis.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Tributaries of the rio Arinos, rio Teles Pires and rio Preto, all in the rio Tapajós basin. Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Upper Tapajós, Teles Pires (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Upper Tapajós, Juruena, Arinos (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Other Parameters	In nature, C. apiaka is found mostly in rapidly-moving fresh water with muddy-brown color, over a soft bottom of clay and sand. Often captured in small forest streams of black or clear water, or in marginal ponds.
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 Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo v. 54 (no. 3), pp 26, Figs. 1-2.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2024 Nov 28 12:10 (species record created: 2017 May 17 23:22)