Corydoras melanistius

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Callichthyid armored catfishes ; Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Corydoras melanistius brevirostris (Non Fraser-Brunner • Corydoras wotroi Nijssen & Isbrücker

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 16-May-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Corydoras

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 69 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. acrensis (Acre Corydoras) · C. acutus (Blacktop Chiselmouth) · C. adolfoi (Adolf's Catfish) · C. aeneus (Lightspot Corydoras) · C. aeneus aeneus (Lightspot Corydoras) · C. agassizii (Agassiz's Corydoras) · C. amapaensis (Amapa Corydoras) · C. ambiacus (Agassiz´s Catfish) · C. arcuatus (Arched Corydoras) · C. axelrodi (Pink Corydoras) · C. baderi (Banded Corydoras) · C. bifasciatus (Blackstripe Corydoras) · C. blochi (Spotback Corydoras) · C. blochi blochi (Spotback Corydoras) · C. bondi (Blackstripe Corydoras) · C. bondi bondi (Blackstripe Corydoras) · C. caudimaculatus (Tailspot Climbing Perch) · C. cochui (Barredtail Corydoras) · C. delphax (False Blochi Catfish) · C. elegans (Elegant Corydoras) · C. ephippifer (Saddle Corydoras) · C. gossei (Palespotted Corydoras) · C. griseus (Gray Corydoras) · C. guapore (Guapore Corydoras) · C. guianensis (Kali Walu) · C. habrosus (Salt and Pepper Catfish) · C. haraldschultzi (Reticulated Corydoras) · C. hastatus (Tail Spot Pigmy Catfish) · C. heteromorphus (Kali Walu) · C. isbrueckeri (Horned Blenny) · C. julii (Leopard Corydoras) · C. leopardus (Leopard Catfish) · C. leucomelas (False Spotted Catfish) · C. macropterus (Largefin Corydoras) · C. maculifer (Dotted Corydoras) · C. melanistius (Black-Spotted Corydoras) · C. melanistius melanistius (Black-Spotted Corydoras) · C. melanotaenia (Green Gold Catfish) · C. melini (False Bandit Catfish) · C. metae (Meta River Catfish) · C. microps (Lightspot Corydoras) · C. multimaculatus (Orange-Red Corydoras) · C. nattereri (Blue Coral Ghost Goby) · C. oiapoquensis (Kali Walu) · C. paleatus (Blue Leopard Corydoras) · C. panda (Panda Catfish) · C. parallelus (Pastaza Corydoras) · C. pastazensis (Pastaza Corydoras) · C. paucerna (Two-Spot Rasbora) · C. pulcher (Pretty Corydoras) · C. punctatus (Spotted Corydoras) · C. pygmaeus (Pygmy Corydoras) · C. rabauti (Iridescent Cardinalfish) · C. reticulatus (Reticulated Butterflyfish) · C. reynoldsi (Bannertail Catfish) · C. robineae (Bannertail Catfish) · C. schwartzi (Schwartz's Catfish) · C. sodalis (False Network Catfish) · C. spilurus (Pinkthroat Corydoras) · C. steindachneri (Paraná Corydoras) · C. sterbai (Sterba's Corydoras) · C. sychri (Sychr's Catfish) · C. treitlii (Longsnout Corydoras) · C. trilineatus (Three Bar Porcupinefish) · C. undulatus (Tailed Helmet Orchid) · C. vittatus (Spotback Corydoras) · C. weitzmani (Twosaddle Corydoras) · C. xinguensis (Xingu Corydoras) · C. zygatus (Black Band Catfish)

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Further Reading

• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 408.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 68 1927 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 126.
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 375, p. 488.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 209, p. 277, p. 278.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 104, p. 91, p. 92, p. 92.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Reis, Roberto E. (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 124740
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-34208
• Fishbase Species ID: 10924
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 164308
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 107954

Footnotes

1. Mills, D. and G. Vevers (1989). The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 pp. [back]

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