Classification / Names
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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),.
Eponymy: Dr Otávio Froehlich (1958–2015) was a Brazilian zoologist whose bachelor’s degree was awarded by the University of São Paulo (1984) whist the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul awarded both his master’s (2003) and doctorate (2010) and where [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129023)
Short description
Identification keys | 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).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Tencatt, L.F.C., M.R. de 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. (Ref. 129023)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02239 (0.00916 - 0.05471), b=3.03 (2.84 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
