View Full Version : Cory Cat ID please
Plague
08-20-2010, 5:52 PM
Got some new cory cats today for my 55g. I got a party of 6 and they were advertised as julii cory cats. Personally, they don't look like it so I wanted to see what you people think. I have 5 that all look the same and one big one that stands out. Here are the pics:
I think the one in the first pick might be a julii just saying...
Chrisinator
08-20-2010, 5:59 PM
Peppered Corydoras is the second picture. The other one looks like a Jullii, but it looks kinda dark.
Plague
08-20-2010, 6:22 PM
Thank you for that. Hopefully that julii get's along with the peppered. I knew they weren't julii's but hell they looked cool too.
Plague
08-20-2010, 6:59 PM
To help ID the first picture with the questioned julii, I noticed it has one black line going down the middle of it's body from center to tail.
SubRosa
08-20-2010, 7:24 PM
The odds of a Cory purchased as a juhlii actually being a juhlii are slim. There are other more commonly seen species such as trilineata that look very similar and that pic is not sufficiently detailed to make a positive id. The others are definitely C. paleatus
tanker
08-20-2010, 7:31 PM
The first cory is either a corydorus Reticulaus or Soldalis. The second one is Corydorus Paleatus.
Plague
08-20-2010, 7:33 PM
I'll try my best to get a better pic of her. Speak of the devil she got into a good position. Bonus: you can see my new kuhlis being curious out in the light
SubRosa
08-20-2010, 7:40 PM
C. trilineata. Neither sodalis nor reticulata have the line down the middle of the body
tanker
08-20-2010, 7:46 PM
C. trilineata. Neither sodalis nor reticulata have the line down the middle of the body
With those better pics I agree===neither Sodalis nor reticulatus.
Now it looks like C. trilineatus.
Plague
08-20-2010, 7:47 PM
Are they rare to find? I like her, she is a big bully :) doesn't like none of the other cory's to touch her lol
SubRosa
08-20-2010, 7:48 PM
Trilineata are dirt common. All of the other species mentioned including juhlii are much rarer.
Plague
08-20-2010, 7:51 PM
aww oh well she is still a special girl :)
SubRosa
08-20-2010, 9:26 PM
I don't in any way mean that they're not nice fish. If anything paleatus are even more dirt common and a large adult is imo one of the prettiest of the genus. They can't help that they're more successful than most!
Plague
08-20-2010, 9:29 PM
lol don't worry i took no offense or anything. I just wanted to know if she was rare or not to try to breed if she was.