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Adolfo's catfish
Corydoras adolfoi
6 cm
Adult size
80 L
Minimum volume
8
Minimum group
5 years
Lifespan
Water parameters
Understand these values- Genus
- Corydoras
- Diet
- omnivore
- Social life
- shoal
In the wild
Overview
Named after the famous collector Adolfo Schwartz, this Corydoras has a dark oblique band on its back, like several related species from the Rio Negro, and an orange patch on the nape. Since 2024, researchers have placed it in the genus Hoplisoma.
- Scientific name
- Hoplisoma adolfoi (Burgess, 1982)Current valid name; in the hobby: Corydoras adolfoi
- Classification
- Siluriformes › Callichthyidae
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern (LC)
Natural habitat
Brazil: upper Rio Negro, near São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Observations (GBIF) and localities Native countries Rivers and lakes
It lives in blackwater tributaries and flooded forests of the upper Rio Negro: tea-coloured water with almost no hardness, pH 4 to 6, alongside small characins, pencilfish and Apistogramma.
Behaviour
Peaceful and gregarious, it is kept in a group. An omnivore, it sifts the substrate: sinking dry food and live or frozen prey, without relying on the other fish's leftovers. It needs soft, acidic and very clean water.
Sources:FishBase Seriously Fish GBIF · Base map: Natural Earth