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An unusual shaped Aspidoras which possesses a more slender body. Very rare in imports. Lineage: All Aspidoras belong to Lineage 2 with the exception of A. pauciradiatus which will prove to be a Corydoras and if a revision is carried out will be Gastrodermus (Cope, 1878) and a member of Lineage 5 alongside members of the "elegans group". Aquarium Care: Best kept in groups of six or more and are best housed with small fishes that are not aggressive. Although no plants occur in their habitat you can still provide a planted area in the tank for cover and include a soft substrate such as sand or small rounded gravel with coral sand added if in a soft water area. Diet: Flake, tablet foods, small live and frozen foods. Etymology: The specific name velites: plural of veles, light-armed troops of the Roman army, who usually began a battle hurling javelins and then retreated among the ranks of the heavy infantry as the struggle advanced, alluding to its “relatively delicate complexion”.

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Callichthyidae

South America: Brazil, Est. Mato Grosso, upper Rio Araguaia basin, Rio Tocantins drainage.

Male: 3.0cm (1¼ins) Female: 3.5cm (1½ins)

22-25°C (71-77°F)

6.0-7.0.

Alexandrou, Markos & Taylor, Martin. (2011). Evolution, ecology and taxonomy of the Corydoradinae revisited.
Reis, R.E., 2003. Callichthyidae (Armored catfishes). p. 291-309. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Tencatt LFC, Britto MR, Isbrücker IJH, Pavanelli CS. Taxonomy of the armored catfish genus Aspidoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) revisited, with the description of a new species. Neotrop Ichthyol. 2022; 20(3):e220040
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
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