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I know that its a catfish, but I was wondering exactly what.

They look like Peppered Corydoras.


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at first glance (ok, maybe if its realy quick) it appears as a peppered but the dorsel fin is realy long, and the face is long too, im not sure what it is for sure but im sure its not a pepperd ( at least not on like i have seen before)

Could it be a false blochi catfish?

Looks like a bronze cory to me, but I'm not too great at Id's.

That is Corydoras paleatus, the peppered cory.

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are you sure? maybe its the pics

It is too hard to tell from the first pic, but from the second pic i agree with sirbooks that it is a peppered cory


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Certain wild paleatus "strains" have fairly elongate dorsal fins, as do specially bred "hi fin" indivduals.

oh hm, dident know they made corys with high dorsel fins.. for a second there i htought maybe my female peppered cory wasnt a peppered

Corydoras paleatus, the Peppered Catfish, has a tall dorsal fin naturally. Most wild specimens show this, and the fins are especially elongate in the males. Commercially bred specimens do not show tall dorsals because they've been inbred a tad too much. Which makes the effort to breed selectively from commercial stock a 'hi fin' Peppered Cory a bit silly, when all they have to do is introduce some wild Cory genes into the bloodline and restore the original finnage!

Some wild paleatus have truly spectacular dorsals. Trouble is, if you want to see your paleatus develop them, even if they have the genes, they need plenty of space. More than they're usually given in home aquaria.


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"hm, dident know they made corys with high dorsel fins.."

Yep, Corydoras paleatus can have nice tall dorsals. There are also other species in the genus with dorsal fins which stand out. C. pulcher]http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/corydora/266_1.PHP[/link], male [link=C. robustus, and C. filamentosus are in this category.

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i saw some "assorted cories" at walmart that had those same odd markings.. only they had a little more green in the scales....

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i agree that it is a peppered cory, we have one with an unusually long fin, here is a pic of it.
http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGallDetail.asp?photoID=1393784&catID=&style=&rowNumber=3&memberID=45335

wow that is one LOOOONG fin.... he's like a sailboat.. only underwater... and in fish form.... well you know what i mean...

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