Hi,
rcbows wrote:Is there an actual species "Corydoras venezuelanus" and "Corydoras schultzie", or and a black wild type fish?
this is considered by many to be
C. venezuelanus:
Not the best pic, but the cory should be recognizable.
Most of the corys sold in the trade as
C. aeneus are what is considered by some aquarists to be
C. schultzei.
I don't have an own pic, therefore only a link:
http://www.l-welse.com/gallery/displayi ... ageid=3044
There is a man made black variant of this cory which is sold as
C. aeneus "black",
C. schultzei "black" or C. "black Venezuela" or some other combinations:
The real
C. aeneus (from Trinidad) is not available in the trade.
I don't know of any black variants of
C. aeneus or
C. venezuelanus (the species shown above).
However, as stated there is a natural black variant mostly called C. "black Venezuela" or similar, but I have not yet seen it.
Cheers,