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Brochis difluviatilis Britto & Castro, 2002

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Hans-Georg Evers (1) Allan James (1)

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Very similar to Brochis garbei which was the fish that hobbyists thought that this Corydoras/Brochis was in the 1980s and 90s. Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Differentiated in having serrations of posterior borders of pectoral spine restricted to proximal half of spine, and parapophyses of fourth free vertebra reduced, separated from each other, and not fused into haemal arch. Lineage: Included in Lineage 8 (sub-clade 2) with the "intermediate long-snouts" with deeper bodies. As of the latest update Corydoras difluviatilis has now been placed in Lineage 8 sub clade 2 and has the new genus name of Brochis (Dias et al 2024). Aquarium Care: This is akin to most of this genus, very peaceful, and would be best housed with small to medium tank mates such as Tetras, Rasboras and Danios or in a species tank for breeding purposes. Diet: A good quality flake food and tablet food for adults with sporadic feedings of frozen or live food will keep your Corydoras in good health. Etymology: The specific name difluviatilis: di– (Gr. prefix), from dýo, two; fluviatilis, Latin for “of a river,” referring to its occurrence in two major drainage basins (Paraná and São Francisco) in Brazil. Remarks: Still found on some online sources as Corydoras difluviatilis.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Corydoras difluviatilis

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil, Tributary of Rio Pardo, Rio Paraná system and the upper Rio São Francisco. Type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Município de Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, Parque Estadual de Vassununga, Glepa Pé-do-Gigante, córrego Paulicéia, tributary of rio Pardo, rio Paraná system, 21º38'S, 47º38'W.

Size:

Male: 4.5cm (1¾ins) Female: 5.0cm (2ins)

Temp:

23-26°C (73-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

Reference:

Alexandrou, Markos & Taylor, Martin. (2011). Evolution, ecology and taxonomy of the Corydoradinae revisited.
Angelica C Dias, Luiz F C Tencatt, Fabio F Roxo, Gabriel de Souza da Costa Silva, Sérgio A Santos, Marcelo R Britto, Martin I Taylor, Claudio Oliveira, Phylogenomic analyses in the complex Neotropical subfamily Corydoradinae (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with a new classification based on morphological and molecular data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024;, zlae053.
Britto, M.R. and R.M.C. Castro 2002 New Corydoradine catfish (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the upper Paraná and São Francisco: the sister group of Brochis and most of Corydoras species. Copeia (4):1006-1015.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers (2011). Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish Supplement 1. Ian Fuller Enterprises.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Brochis difluviatilis

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