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Corydoras septentrionalis Gosline, 1940

Image contributors to this species:

Ian Fuller (2) Mark Duffill (2) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (4) Allan James (1)

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Relevant Information:

C. septentrionalis is one of only four species that posses a third pair of rictal barbels, C. amapaensis, C. geoffroy and C. simulatus are the other three. These extra barbels are short and not that easy to see unless the fish is stationary. Sometimes imported with the exporters name of C."Olga" (also C. simulatus). This species for identification purposes should have fairly strong lines in the caudal fin. Lineage: Placed in Lineage 1 which when there is a revision will stay as Corydoras (Lacépède, 1803) with the type species of C. geoffroy La Cépède, 1803. As of the latest update (Dias et al 2024), C. septentrionalis has been placed in Lineage 1 and has retained the genus name of Corydoras. Aquarium Care: As this is one of the longer snouted species it will be well suited to most community tanks. A well planted tank with a soft substrate such as sand so they can bury their snouts while searching out food. Diet: Readily accepts a mixed and varied diet which includes granular foods, tablet food, frozen bloodworm and a good quality flake. Remarks: The C-numbers C061 and C099 are the same species.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Venezuela, Monagas, Rio Piña, 6 km north of Maturin.

Size:

Male: 5.0 cm (2ins) Female: 6.0cm (2½ins)

Temp:

20-26°C (67-79°F)

p.H.

6.5-7.2.

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.
Fuller, I.A.M. & Evers, H-G: 2005 Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish 384 p
Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers (2011). Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish Supplement 1. Ian Fuller Enterprises.

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Corydoras septentrionalis
Female

Corydoras septentrionalis

Corydoras septentrionalis

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