Magnificent Coredoras
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Magnificent Corydoras ( Corydoras haraldschultzi ) |
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The magnificent corydoras ( Corydoras haraldschultzi ) is a freshwater ornamental fish from the genus Corydoras .
features
The animals grow up to 7 cm. The black dots on the silver-gray body, characteristic of many Corydoras species , are complemented by orange pectoral and pelvic fins.
The fin formula is:
distribution
Magnificent corydoras are native to the waters of central Brazil , especially the Rio Guaporé . The rather shy and sometimes frightened fish can be found in smaller schools in the bottom region of the water, but as an intestinal breather they also need free access to the water surface.
Aquaristics
Suitable water values in the aquarium are: a pH value of 6.0 to 8.0, a GH value of 2 to 25 ° d and a temperature of 22 to 28 ° C. This larger member of the genus Corydoras is often confused with Sterba's armored catfish ( C. sterbai ). He needs an aquarium with at least 56 liters.
Specimens of Corydoras maculifer are often traded as C. haraldschultzi . However, Corydoras maculifer differs with its point pattern and strong serration of the spine of the pectoral fins from the magnificent Corydoras with its worm pattern and the poorly developed serration.
literature
- Hans-Georg Evers : Armored catfish. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8001-7286-0 .
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Axel Zarske: Corydoras haraldschultzi. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 267.
Web links
- Magnificent corydoras on Fishbase.org (English)
- Magnificent corydoras at www.panzerwelse.de
- Magnificent corydoras on www.aquanet.de (accessed on January 1, 2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Axel Zarske: Corydoras maculifer. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 268.