Bronze corydoras

Bronze corydoras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
Species:
C. aeneus
Binomial name
Corydoras aeneus
(T. N. Gill, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Hoplosoma aeneum. T. N. Gill, 1858.
  • Corydoras microps. C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903.
  • Corydoras venezuelanus. Ihering, 1911.
  • Corydoras macrosteus. Regan, 1912.
  • Corydoras schultzei. Holly, 1940.

The bronze corydoras (Corydoras aeneus), also known as the green corydoras, bronze catfish, lightspot corydoras or wavy catfish, is a species of freshwater fish in the armored catfish family, Callichthyidae, often kept as an aquarium fish. It is widely distributed in South America on the eastern side of the Andes, from Colombia and Trinidad to the Río de la Plata basin;[2] however, as presently defined it is a species complex and a taxonomic review is necessary.[3] It was originally described as Hoplosoma aeneum (based on a specimen from Trinidad) by Theodore Gill in 1858 and has historically also been referred to as Callichthys aeneus.[2]

  1. ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). (2022). "Corydoras aeneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T186449A1813227. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186449A1813227.pt. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Corydoras aeneus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. ^ Tencatt, L.F.C.; Gomes, V.d.C.; Evers, H.-G. (2023). "A new species of Corydoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Madre de Dios basin, Peruvian Amazon, with comments on Corydoras aeneus identity". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 21 (2). doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0023. S2CID 258460079.