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Hmm, the last picture looks real similar to my fish.

Those corys i bought were Singapore $6...not sure how much US$ that is.

I've checked again, and there is no yellow stripe down the eye section on my cory. And their snout is the round, short kind. Not the elongated ones.

Perhaps a juvenile leopardus?

On another note, that lfs had concolor, which i didn't realise were concolor until days later i saw those a couple days back, then went home to research, but couldn't point my finger exaclty on which species it was..i kept thinking, zygatus, virginae or some other ones, but it turns out to be concolor! ahhahah and they cost only Sinapore$6 each

Hmm, based on the info at www.scotcat.com, there was no mention of a yellow-stripe chracteristic of ambiacus as you said...

And looking at pictures taken from planetcatfish, scotcat and corycats.com, none of the ambiacus have a black eyestripe (if ur refering to those like on schwartzi). but they have black blotches that kinda resembles an eyepatch, which is kidna what my corys have....

anwyay, thats what i think abt my cory..not sure whether its true....the size of my cory is 1.5inch in length

But you said that your fish don't have the yellow eye stripe, a feature of C. ambiacus. Plus, I don't see an eye stripe on your cories- at least not yet.
Again, what size are your fish? I still think that they have some growing to do, and that they haven't finished getting all their patterning.

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ok guys, positive ID: Corydoras ambiacus!

Lol, i was just searching thru planetcatfish.com, and clicked on C. leucomelas.

According to species description, there is alot of misconception b/w leucomelas, agassizii and ambiacus.

Leucomelas is definitely not my cory due to different colouring and pattern. But with agassizii n ambiacus, there's eveen more confusion. But there are several points that convinced me that it is ambiacus and not agassizii.

1) Dorsal fin: In ambiacus, the black patch covers 3-4 dorsal fin rays, and covers part of the dorsalfin base too. However in agassizii, the black colouring is concentrated mainly/solely on the first dorsal fin ray.

2) Snout: In agassizii, the snout is more rounded, while in ambiacus, planetcatfish.com claims it to be more elongated, AND a little pointing upwards towards the end of the snout. I checked my cory, and it does look like it has that concave characteristic.

3) Body spot patterns: Agassizii has more numerous black spots basically forming three longitudinal rows of black blotches. But in ambiacus, these spots are more sparse, further spread out, and are more brownish in colour.

So there we go, think i can conclude my fish is Corydoras ambiacus.

No, unfortunately there was no label at all. Over here in singapore, alot of aquarium owners speak chinese, so they wouldn't know much about the proper, accurate scientific latin name

Sorry guys, i haven't been of much help 2 u guys at all, but thanks a LOT for all your info anyway~!

In that case, maybe you're right. I was looking at another C number, but it is listed as a leopardus variant as well.

It would still help to have more information on the fish. Was there a label on the fish at all?

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C18 is one of the species from the Leopardus complex. In some older texts I have seen them listed as Corydoras cf. leopardus.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Some good points, but I still don't know... I was leaning towards C18, but even it doesn't look quite right. Very true though, about how variable C. leopardus is.

C18 from Aqualog C Number book:
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How large are the fish? You may need to grow them out a bit before a positive identification can be made. Their snouts look like they will become more elongated as the fish grow, because although their snouts are short now, they don't look like the typical Julii-type snout we see in many common species.

But I am definitely leaning towards Leopardus.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

hey guys...please help me ID this cory...I'm not realli sure what the scientific name is...thanks in advance

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y135/katsu_don/unknowncory.jpg

They are Corydoras leopardus, which is a highly variable species. It is possibly a complex of many very similar species, but they are, at least for now, all officially known as Corydoras leopardus.

Fish_Lover's fish also appear to be very young (under 1" long) and their pattern will likely change before they reach adulthood.

Here are some of the many different varieties of "Corydoras leopardus".











The last picture looks very similar to Fish_Lover's corys...

EDIT: Photos taken from "Aqualog All Corydoras".



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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Hmm, tough one. Probably a C-number, like C130 (if short snout) or C103 (if longer snout)? The one on the back looks like it could have a longer snout.
http://www.corycats.com/C130%20.htm
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/corydora/1314_1.php


http://www.corycats.com/C103.htm
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/corydora/1148_f.php

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I disagree on several counts. His cories have a thin yellow head stripe, reminiscent of the stripes that cories such as C. delphax, C. melanistius, and others have. I haven't seen that on any leopard cories. The dorsal blotch of the mystery fish travels down to and past the base of the dorsal fin, a trait unseen in C. leopardus. Also, it looks like the snouts of the unknown catfish are not as elongated as in C. leopardus, though more pictures would be needed to help prove or disprove that.

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Corydoras leopardus.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

You have a tough i.d. there. Your fish look similar to several species, but I can't find any exact matches. The odd blotch on their dorsals and the sparse spotting pattern keep getting in the way. Plus, it looks like your fish have blunt, rounded snouts like C. panda. Is that so? If it is, that rules out the C. agassizii and C. ambiacus-type cories.

Can you provide any extra information, such as price, where the fish were caught, what they were labeled as, and their size? Right now I'm thinking that you have juveniles which have not developed their mature patterning.

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nothing like peppered, but very pretty

nah definitely not peppered...diff colour, pattern, and price

they looked like peppered to me.