Help identify my Corys

[Roger Cha]

Hello,
I am new to the forum and was hoping you can help me identify my new Corys. I bought them a couple of minutes ago and was told they were Julii Corys. The store owner seemed pretty doubtful on naming them. So I came home and searched Julii and these seem similar but do not have the big black spot on their dorsal fin.

[bekateen]

Hi Roger Cha,

First welcome to PlanetCatfish!

About your fish, what you have there is

Corydoras sodalis

. A very nice cory (I have some myself). Take good care of them and they will develop a nice green iridescence on their sides when they are in good condition.

Cheers,
Eric

[backstreetgambler]

Hmmm... you might have a mix there. Striped dorsal fins and black dorsal fins. Maybe both sodalis and reticulatus?

[bekateen]

Hmmm... you might have a mix there. Striped dorsal fins and black dorsal fins. Maybe both sodalis and reticulatus?

Oh, good catch! I did not notice the darker fin in back.

Other option is

CW061

. I recently got some mixed in with my sodalis.

Cheers, Eric

[Roger Cha]

Correct, one out of the 6 I bought does have a black spotted dorsal. CW061 might be that one.

Thanks for both your help.

[bekateen]

Correct, one out of the 6 I bought does have a black spotted dorsal. CW061 might be that one.

If the black is a nearly round spot, your fish is

Corydoras reticulatus

. If the black forms one or two think black diagonal or horizontal stripes though the dorsal fin, then the fish is

CW061

.