All Fishes ⇒ Callichthyidae ⇒ Corydoradinae ⇒ The genus Corydoras (lineage 8 sub-clade 1)

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Pronounced kor ee doh rass (lineage eight subclade one).
Etymology Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus.
Identification Commonly referred to by the currently synonymised genus Brochis, this sub-clade can be distinguished from other corydoradine species by the fact that they have more than 10 rays in the dorsal fin, whilst all other members of the Corydoradinae have seven rays.
Size Smallest 67mm, largest 99mm, average 84mm, most commonly 99mm. All SL.
Species There are 10 "species" in the database
New spp. / time
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