Pls ID....

zac08 · Post by **zac08** » 06 Mar 2003, 15:32

I have a unidentified cory.... adopted this fella from the local fish shop and I still can't figure out the proper species...

This is the pics...

Thanks in advance....

It's bigger than any of my other cories.... at least 2+ inch long and about 2+ plus in girth.... Visual estimation with a tape besides it....

Sid Guppy · Post by **Sid Guppy** » 06 Mar 2003, 15:44

Looks like a female elegans, but hard to say...

zac08 · Post by **zac08** » 06 Mar 2003, 15:48

And if so....

Is this fella a male pestai aka elegans??

Thanks again for all your help in the ID bit.... I'm hopeless at it

Cory_lover · Post by **Cory_lover** » 07 Mar 2003, 07:00

erm....might be Corydoras eques...its definitely not aeneus...

zac08 · Post by **zac08** » 07 Mar 2003, 08:10

Cory_lover wrote:erm....might be Corydoras eques...its definitely not aeneus...

Any locations where I can get more data about this eques??

This name is not found in Planet Catfish's website.

Post by **Silurus** » 07 Mar 2003, 09:50

erm....might be Corydoras eques...its definitely not aeneus...

What? The big cory at the bottom of the second pic in the first post? That's an aeneus alright.
The second series of pics are those of a female <i>C. elegans</i>.

Catinthehat · Post by **Catinthehat** » 07 Mar 2003, 13:42

I think the first pic. is a female c. elegans and the second pic. is a male c.elegans in the back ground and a female c.elegans in the forground.
I'm sure Ian will let us know for sure.

Les

Post by **Coryman** » 08 Mar 2003, 00:16

1st pic is C. elegans female.
2nd pic at rear is C. napoensis and C. sp cf elegans female basicaly a ??
3rd 4th & 5th pic are C. cf pestai. No C. eques here

There are a lot of 'elegans species types around at the moment and there are possibly 3 new species amongst them.

Have a look at the page below.

Ian

http://www.corydoras.pwp.blueyonder.co. ... _group.htm

zac08 · Post by **zac08** » 08 Mar 2003, 02:43

Thanks a lot.....

These fishes were basically loners in a tank full of other cories, thus I had "rescued" them and brought them home to keep.... And now I have finally gotten them ID'd...thanks

Catinthehat · Post by **Catinthehat** » 08 Mar 2003, 18:32

Ian you are simply amazing with your ability to ID corys. What is the best way to tell a male c.elegans from a male c.napoensis as I also picked up 3 corys from a lps and the male looks similar to the cory in the background of pic. 2. The fins look like they are kind of yellowish in the right light.

Les

Post by **Coryman** » 08 Mar 2003, 19:08

This is a male C. elegans in top breeding condition

This is a C. napoensis

basically C. napoensis Has a large dark blotch in the dorsal and C. elegans has a couple of indistinct horizontal bars.

Check out the link on my last post.

Ian