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| Corydoras tukano, a new species of Corydoradine catfish from the Rio Tiquié, upper Rio Negro basin, Brazil |
by Allan James |
Corydoras tukano
In this paper Corydoras weitzmani is also mentioned as similar with the differences cited as C. tukano having a dusky saddle between the dorsal and adipose fins, the second trunk blotch extending vertically from the adipose fin base to the anal fin base and also the presence of four stripes in the caudal fin. Image by Author |
his
is the new name given to Corydoras sp. "Asher"
or sometimes known as Corydoras cf. reynoldsi.
This Corydoras has been around in the
trade from about 1997 and has just been named in a
new paper by Marcelo R. Britto
of Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional da
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil, and
Flávio C. T. Lima
of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São
Paulo Brazil.
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