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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae Callichthyid armored catfishes
Subfamily: Corydoradinae
Genus: Corydoras


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Corydoras acutus Blacktop corydoras South America 5.5 SL 1872
Corydoras amapaensis Amapa corydoras South America 7 SL 1972
Corydoras areio Hump cory South America 5 SL 2000
Corydoras aurofrenatus Goldhead cory South America 1903
Corydoras blochi Spotback corydoras South America 4.9 SL 1971
Corydoras caramater South America 5.1 SL 2024
Corydoras cervinus Deer faced cory South America 4.9 SL 1962
Corydoras coriatae Hermit cory South America 6.5 SL 1997
Corydoras desana South America 5.1 SL 2017
Corydoras ellisae Two point cory South America 5 SL 1940
Corydoras filamentosus Filament cory South America 3.2 SL 1983
Corydoras fowleri Fowler's cory South America 6.5 SL 1950
Corydoras fulleri Fuller's cory South America 5.5 SL 2021
Corydoras geoffroy Wolf cory South America 7 SL 1803
Corydoras iiap South America 6.0 SL 2024
Corydoras maculifer Dotted corydoras South America 5.9 SL 1971
Corydoras microcephalus Peppered Argentina cory South America. 1912
Corydoras narcissus Long nosed arched cory South America 6.5 SL 1980
Corydoras negro Rio negro cory South America 5.1 SL 2004
Corydoras ourastigma Long nosed smudge spot cory South America 6 SL 1972
Corydoras oxyrhynchus Sharpnosed cory South America 5 SL 1967
Corydoras pastazensis Pastaza corydoras South America 6.1 SL 1963
Corydoras saramaccensis Saramacca cory South America 5.1 SL 1970
Corydoras sarareensis Sarare cory South America 4.4 SL 1995
Corydoras semiaquilus Peru black cory South America 6 SL 1964
Corydoras septentrionalis Northern kongnose cory South America 4.9 SL 1940
Corydoras serratus Sawtooth cory South America 4.9 SL 1995
Corydoras simulatus Olga cory South America 4.9 SL 1970
Corydoras solox Club cory South America 6.3 SL 1983
Corydoras spilurus Pinkthroat corydoras South America 5.8 SL 1926
Corydoras stenocephalus Huangana cory South America 6.4 SL 1942
Corydoras treitlii Longsnout corydoras South America 5.9 SL 1906
Corydoras vittatus Stripy cory South America 3.6 SL 1971
Corydoras zawadzkii South America 5 SL 2016



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