2 x Corydoras - atropersonatus and nijsseni?

[AmLi]

I have resently bought two groups of Corydoras. The first group was sold as C. atropersonatus. They do look like the C. sp. cf. atropersonatus at the picture at page 58 in Corydoras - The most popular armoured catfishes of South America by Werner Seuβ.

Here is a picture of one of mine:



The other group was sold as C. nijsseni but this is how one of them look like:



Please help me identify my new corys.

[kim m]

I think you have C. kanei instead of C. atropersonatus. My reason being the heavy spotting and the black colour in the first dorsal fin rays.

The second fish would be either C-126 (my personal bet) or C. bilineatus. Perhaps C. napoensis, but I don't think so. In any way, definately not C. nijsenni.

[AmLi]

Thanks Kim m!

My own guess was, as a matter of fact, C. kanei and C. bilineatus, but it was very interesting your idea of C-126. I have to check that up!

I think it´s very amazing that LFS are able to constantly label and sell fishes with wrong names. This past week I have seen maybe ten cory species labeled wrong, and then I have only entered two shops...

/A

[Marc van Arc]

I think it´s very amazing that LFS are able to constantly label and sell fishes with wrong names.

Too bad they hardly ever price them wrong