Cory ID

[StrontiumDog]

I just got today cory's 4 for £5.00. Well I thought thats a bargin £1.25 each, but i'm having problems ID'ing the fish. I know the second latin name begins Pu........... It's not a pygmy or peppered I know that for sure.

Is there anyone out in the vast TFF members that can put me onto a site, or give me some info on them.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Polardbear]

Was it "punctatus" on the lable? I bought some a couple weeks ago and they looked just like yours, the store had them labled as "punctatus" but it turns out that they actually are corydoras leucomelas. They're cute little fellas!

 

[sarah-j]

hiya go to www.home.zonnet.nl/...corydoras_ hastasus.htm they have loads of cory info.
have you tried google images search?

 

[StrontiumDog]

Polardbear Posted Today, 07:02 PM
Was it "punctatus" on the lable? I bought some a couple weeks ago and they looked just like yours, the store had them labled as "punctatus" but it turns out that they actually are corydoras leucomelas. They're cute little fellas!

Thats them, thank you very much. Right that means another search

 

[Angel Lady]

Here in Ky at the lfs they call them Panda cories. Not for sure if that is what the real name is called. It is a little cutie..

 

[kevin007]

Here in Ky at the lfs they call them Panda cories. Not for sure if that is what the real name is called. It is a little cutie..

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Panda corys are...Corydoras Panda

 

[The-Wolf]

the comon name for corydoras punctatus is
spotfin cory

 

[StrontiumDog]

Thanks Wolf thats the little fishies I have . Pitty LFS's confuse people on the exact name of fish.

 

[sinistral]

Thanks Wolf thats the little fishies I have . Pitty LFS's confuse people on the exact name of fish.

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I don't think those are corydoras punctatus in that fishbase.org photo. This is the entry planetcatfish has for the punctatus.

I think Polardbear was correct that the fish you own are the leucomelas.

 

[sylvia]

Yep, those are c. leukomelas. The common name is blackfin cory. I have some and have found them to be extremely hardy, exceptionaly adaptable and full of character.