leopard cory/ Julii---same fish???

[MoparORnoCAR]

I was looking into getting a group of cory cats and decided on what I cam to know as Leopard corys. I made the trip to my two LFS and found the one had some in stock. There was no posted price for them so I asked how much the Leopard corys were......the lady looked at me strange and said they were Juliies. Are they both one and the same or very closey marked?

 

[Roan Art]

Closely marked, but if you put the two side by side you can easily tell the difference. Btw, there are Leopard cories, Spotted cories and Julii cories that all look the same:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/corydora/310_F.PHP
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/corydora/240_F.PHP
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/corydora/378_F.PHP

I bought six spotted corydoras at my LFS and when I got home I realized that I had 5 spotted and one Julii.

Heh
Roan

 

[MoparORnoCAR]

wow, Thanks for the help.

I wonder if THEY can even tell the difference!

 

[Roan Art]

Strangely enough, they can

They don't have the same behaviors at all. The spotteds like to rest a lot at the back of the tank and the Julii is always out swimming or doing something. Dunno about the Leopards, I've never had them.

Possible the ones you have are really the spotted ones. The big difference is in the dorsal fin. The black on the spotted cory goes from the very bottom of the dorsal all the way to the top. The other two don't have that.

Roan