2xcory ID!?

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Jeff B.
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2xcory ID!?

Post by Jeff B. »

Hi, in my local LFS they have this two wonderful kind of cory's...
can you help me with ID?!
the first... i think this one is c.sodalis??
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the second one... this one is sold like a c.rabauti.. :? no way!
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Post by Coryman »

They all look like C. sodalis, individual patterns can vary from one fish to another.

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Post by Jeff B. »

Thanx Ian!
Thats funny, in the same LFS they sell one fish by two names... kind of smart, they used two diffrent substrate to make them look diffrent?!?!
what would thay do just to sell a fish :?
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Post by benny »

I do find that Corydoras sodalis has rather varied markings on their body. Some have a distinct black line along the lateral line, others just have an overall netted marking on the whole body.

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