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All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Hoplisoma schwartzi** (Rössel, 1963)
Common Names	Schwartz's Cory Maskepansermalle (Denmark), Schwartz's Panzerwels (Germany)
Type Locality	Mouth of Rio Purus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Pronunciation	hop lee so mah - SH WORts eye
Etymology	Named for Mr. Schwartz.
Species Information
Size	39mm or 1.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Confused with C. parallelus, C. pulcher, C. ornatus and C. sp. (C141).
Sexing	The female is wider bodied then the male is. Also the female is a little longer then the male at maturity but this is a less obviously in this species in comparison to congeners.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Purus River basin in Brazil. Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Purus (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
pH	6.5 - 7.8
Temperature	22.0-24.0°C or 71.6-75.2°F (Show species within this range)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Will eat most foods ranging from flake food to frozen foods such as blood worms and brine shrimp. Also include some sinking wafers. User data.
Furniture	A species that appears to have a liking for plants, other than that provide a soft sand or small, rounded gravel substrate and some refuge that the cory can sit under. Not a cave, rather something like a piece of bogwood sitting about 3cm / 1 inch off the bottom.
Compatibility	A mainstay of the hobby and an ideal community catfish.
Suggested Tankmates	Keep in a shoal of at least three ideally more. Five to seven is best. Can be kept with any community fish as does not specifically require softer water. This species is still imported from the wild in large numbers, quarantine is recommended especially if adding groups to well established tanks.
Breeding	Has occasionally been bred in the aquarium; breeding follows the usual Cory formula. One published record details a water depth of 20cm, pH of 7.5, GH of 11°, KH 3° at a temperature of 23.3°C in a heavily planted tank.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 44 (no. 5), pp 359, Figs. 1-2.
Registered Keepers	There are 3 registered keepers, view all "my fish" data.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:36 (species record created: 2001 Apr 16 00:00)