Elegant Cory

Scientific Name	Corydoras elegans Steindachner, 1876...
Common Name(s)	Elegant Cory
Type Locality	Amazon R. at Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - ELL ee ganz
Etymology	Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus. From the Latin, elegans meaning tasteful, fine.
Species Information
Size	55mm (2.2") SL ...
Identification	Corydoras are identified by their twin rows of armour plates along the flanks and by having fewer than 10 dorsal fin rays. They are most commonly confused with the other genera in the sub-family, namely Brochis, Scleromystax and Aspidoras. A very variable species not made easier to identify by the difference in colouration of mature males and females. Similar to C. napoensis, C. nanus and C. pestai, C. undulatus and a few variations therein.
Sexing	... the male is smaller, less high bodied, slender and more strikingly patterned.

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Corydoras Panda

Scientific Name	Corydoras panda Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1971.
Common Name(s)	Panda Cory
Type Locality	Aquas Amarillas, trib. of Río Pachitea, Río Ucayali system, Huanuco, Peru.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - PANN dah
Etymology	Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus. Panda in allusion to the Chinese mammal.

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Corydoras Trilineatus

Scientific Name	Corydoras trilineatus Cope, 1872
Common Name(s)	Leopard Cory
Type Locality	Tributary of Río Ambyiacu, Peru.
Synonym(s)	Corydoras dubius, C. episcopi
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - try lin knee ah tuss
Etymology	Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus. From the Latin Tres meaning three and lineatus meaning 'of a line'. Alludes to the two pale and single black line running along the fishes body.

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Corydoras Haraldschultzi

Scientific Name	Corydoras haraldschultzi Knaack, 1962.
Common Name(s)	Schultz's Cory
Type Locality	Rio Guaporé, Brazil.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - harald SHOOLTS eye
Etymology	Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus. Named to honour Mr. Harald Schultz.

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Corydoras Caudimaculatus

Scientific Name	Corydoras caudimaculatus Rössel, 1961
Common Name(s)	Tail Spot Cory
Type Locality	Main stream of upper Rio Guaporé, Rondônia, Brazil.
Pronunciation	Kory DOOR ass - caw dee mack ewe LATT uss
Etymology	Cory = helmet, doras = skin. In this case it was incorrectly used to mean armour (cuirasse) instead of skin in allusion to the dual rows of plates that run along the flanks of this genus. This specific epithet refers to its tail(caudus=tail) spot(maculatus=stained or spotted).

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New Project

I am setting up a new home tank for my corydoras. The 12in high 75 gallon tank and wooden cabinet stand will be arriving on Tuesday but I have already started buying the fixtures. I got the sponge filter a few weeks earlier and today, we went to Cartimar to buy gravel, a new net, and a new air pump.

This is going to be a planted tank and I plan to build it slowly but surely. It will be gorgeous. My corys will love it.

Excited!

Save the cheerleader, save the dolphins

Fourteen thousand dolphins are killed in Japan every year. The manner of killing is barbaric. I learned about this sad fact, because Hayden Panettiere went to Japan to try to save a group of pilot whales from slaughter. msnbc wrote "As a spokesperson for SaveTheWhalesAgain.org, Panettiere hopes her traumatic ordeal will help raise awareness. 'We all crossed our fingers that those whales didn’t die in vain,' she concluded."

While it is not fair to condemn an entire country or a condemn an entire people for the actions of a few, or even the actions of the majority, the rational mind has it limits, and 14,000 Dolphins is past mine. I do condemn.

"Whales and dolphins are traditionally used (as resources) in Japan," said Hideki Moronuki of the Japanese Fisheries Agency. "In this light, we cannot accept an argument simply based on emotional causes."

I am angry, and angry people are not rational ones. I just lost my taste for anything Japanese, their cars, their foods, their clothes... everything with "Made in Japan" stamped on it. I will do my best, to give Ms. Moronuki, more than "emotional causes" to change her mind.

Next time someone ask me to eat at a Japanese Restaurant, I will just have to say, "I am sorry I do not eat Japanese food. They kill dolphins." Besides, all the blood killed my appetite.

Photo from SaveTheWhalesAgain.org

- by Robin Lim (reproduced from mobilityph.blogspot.com)

Corydoras Panda

"I see you."

Corydoras, famous for their fully movable eye sockets, are known to wink at their owners. In the picture above, the Panda on the left has its left eye looking directly at the camera while its right eye remains fixed to its right.

Panda Corydoras are widely available in the Philippines. They seem to like the tropical weather as I have had no problems with diseases despite a lot of feedback from foreign forums characterizing the panda cory sensitive and prone to diseases. They sell for Php50-Php70.