Corydoras froehlichi

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Corydoras froehlichi Tencatt, Britto & Pavanelli, 2016

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Callichthyidae (Callichthyid armored catfishes) > Corydoradinae
Etymology: Corydoras: Greek, kory = helmet + greek, doras = skin (Ref. 45335);  froehlichi: Named for Dr. Otávio Froehlich (1958-2015), UFMS (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul),.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Brazil.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129023)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-8; Anal soft rays: 6; Vertebrae: 22. This species can be distinguished by the following characters: midline of flank with a longitudinal series of relatively large black blotches, with size similar or larger than the size of orbit; with striated black spots from the snout tip to nuchal plate region, forming a somewhat marbled pattern; differs from C. difluviatilis by having a contact between the tip of the process of the parieto-supraoccipital and nuchal plate; differs from C. habrosus by possessing a conspicuously thick transversal black bars on caudal-fin lobes; differs from its most similar congeners (C. carlae, C. ehrhardti, C. longipinnis, C. paleatus), by the absence of small plates on the ventral surface of the trunk; with a distinct rounded snout (Ref. 129023).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Reis, Roberto E. | Collaborators

Tencatt, L. F. C., M. R. Britto and C. S. Pavanelli, 2016. Revisionary study of the armored catfish Corydoras paleatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) over 180 years after its discovery by Darwin, with description of a new species. Neotropical Ichthyology 14(1):75-94. [Published online. Second author also as de Britto.]. (Ref. 129023)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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