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Scientific Name Brochis (sub-clade 2) pantanalensis  Knaack, 2001
Common Names C005, Pantanal Cory
Pantanal-pansermalle (Denmark)
Type Locality Pantanal, Departamento Santa Cruz, 16°06'525''S, 59°55'620''W, Bolivia.
Pronunciation bro kiss sub clade three - pant AN al EN siss
Etymology Named after its distribution area, the Pantanal.
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Size 69mm or 2.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Males and females look identical until maturity when only the males develop a strong pattern. Very similar to Corydoras geryi except that C. geryi has a transparent (clear) fins which are sometime patterned too.
Sexing Mature males show a network pattern with brown, basic colouration always emerald green. Those without the network pattern are either immature or unsuited males or females. Mature females are larger and broader than these unadorned males.
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Distribution South America: Cussis and Las Petas River basins in Bolivia.
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IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
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Feeding Will readily accepted all prepared foods that reach the bottom of the aquarium such as tablets, granules and larger flakes. Live (or frozen) foods such as bloodworm, white worm, grindal worm (Enchytraeus), Daphnia and Tubifex are readily accepted and good for conditioning groups of fishes for spawning. User data.
Furniture Ideally substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative. Avoid keeping over rough edged (chipped) gravel, this will increase this risk of damage the fishes barbels when it tries to dig. Substrate should be bordered with driftwood and aquatic plants leaving an open area for them to search for food and swim. The shade provided by overhanging rock work, arching bogwood, tall or floating plants are all that is required to settle these fishes.
Compatibility A peaceful, shoaling, community fish.
Breeding Knaack, who collected and described the species, reports captive spawning. He states the fish are easy to breed and compares them to C. geryi (also easy to breed). At 15mm length the fry are brownish mottled.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Aquaristik aktuell (Germany) 9-10/2001, pp 59, Figs.
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Last Update 2024 Jun 12 13:46 (species record created: 2001 Apr 30 00:00)