darrylzuk
New Member
Hi everyone, I know there are a million posts about how rare Julii corydoras are and that 99.9% of corys sold as C.Julii are really C.Trilineatus. I wrote a long email to Aquaticarts asking for clarification and linking to this page on scotcat.com, as well as the species profiles on Planet Catfish (Corydoras julii | Corydoras trilineatus). They sell both types (photo below), and the Trilineatus certainly has the correct reticulated, maze-like pattern, and body shape/longer snout shown in the photos on planet catfish.
The julii; however, doesn't seem to be as spotted as the images on ScotCat suggest, but it does look pretty close to the images on Planet Catfish, especially this one. More pictures of the fish at AquaticArts are available at the product page (Note: they're currently out of stock, but more are on the way). There's no front on shots of their heads, which I think would be useful. In their response to me, they said "The tank bred true julis cory catfish are sold to us by our supplier as Corydoras julii. Although these corydoras are commonly misidentified we have confirmed they send the correct species. The various pictures on our true juli cory catfish listing are accurate representations of the species."
So what are your thoughts, are these the real deal, Trilineatus, some hybrid of the two, or some other lookalike. In 2020, are Julii corydoras still as rare as some of the older posts make them out to be? I want them to be real Juliis, but the logical side of me says they aren't.
The julii; however, doesn't seem to be as spotted as the images on ScotCat suggest, but it does look pretty close to the images on Planet Catfish, especially this one. More pictures of the fish at AquaticArts are available at the product page (Note: they're currently out of stock, but more are on the way). There's no front on shots of their heads, which I think would be useful. In their response to me, they said "The tank bred true julis cory catfish are sold to us by our supplier as Corydoras julii. Although these corydoras are commonly misidentified we have confirmed they send the correct species. The various pictures on our true juli cory catfish listing are accurate representations of the species."
So what are your thoughts, are these the real deal, Trilineatus, some hybrid of the two, or some other lookalike. In 2020, are Julii corydoras still as rare as some of the older posts make them out to be? I want them to be real Juliis, but the logical side of me says they aren't.
