Black-sail corydoras
Corydoras melanistius
5.5 cm
Adult size
50 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
This black-masked Corydoras belongs to a genus of more than 180 described species, and many others, still undescribed, carry a “C number”. It is now placed in the genus Hoplisoma.
- Scientific name
- Hoplisoma melanistium (Regan, 1912)Current valid name; in the hobby: Corydoras melanistius
- Classification
- Siluriformes › Callichthyidae
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern (LC)
Natural habitat
Coastal rivers of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana)
Observations (GBIF) and localities Native countries Rivers and lakes
It lives in coastal rivers and their tributaries.
Behaviour
Very peaceful, it suits many community tanks, with small characins, cyprinids, anabantoids, dwarf cichlids and other peaceful catfish. Keep it in a group of at least six. It needs a clean substrate, as it loses its barbels on a dirty bottom. An omnivore, it accepts sinking food and frozen prey.
Sources:FishBase Seriously Fish GBIF · Base map: Natural Earth