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Duplicareus corydoras
Corydoras duplicareus
5 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
Described in 1995 by David Sands, this Corydoras has a dark oblique band on its back and an orange patch on the nape; it is easily confused with C. adolfoi. It is now placed in the genus Hoplisoma.
- Scientific name
- Hoplisoma duplicareum (Sands, 1995)Current valid name; in the hobby: Corydoras duplicareus
- Classification
- Siluriformes › Callichthyidae
- IUCN Red List
- Data deficient (DD)
Natural habitat
Brazil: upper Rio Negro
Native countries Rivers and lakes
Where it was discovered, the water was flowing and the bottom sandy; it probably lives in the very soft, acidic blackwater tributaries and flooded forests of the upper Rio Negro.
Behaviour
Peaceful and gregarious, it is kept in a group. An omnivore, it accepts sinking dry food and live or frozen prey, and needs soft, acidic and very clean water.
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