Very variable species and
not unlike Brochis
gomezi which has a
round spot in the dorsal and may very well turn out
to be another variation of C. leopardus.
Similar also is C018
but this species has white to the leading hard dorsal
ray and also C131
which is a more robust looking Cory, and also belonging
to the leopardus group is C128.
Lineage: Placed in Lineage 8 sub
clade 4 which comprises the "intermediate long-snouts"
with deeper bodies. It also includes Brochis
in sub-clade 1 which was synonymised with Corydoras
by Britto in 2003 but in time there will be a revision
which will resurrect Brochis (Cope, 1871)
to full genera again. As
of the latest update Corydoras leopardus
has now been placed in Lineage 8 sub clade 4 and has
the new genus name of Brochis (Dias et al
2024). Aquarium
Care: As this is one of the longer snouted
species it will be well suited to most community tanks.
A well planted tank with a soft substrate such as
sand so they can bury their snouts while searching
out food. Diet: Readily accepts a
mixed and varied diet which includes granular foods,
tablet food, frozen bloodworm and a good quality flake.
Etymology: The specific name
leopardus: Leopard-like, (a reference to the
colour). Remarks:
Still found on some online sources as Corydoras
leopardus.
Common
Name:
Leopard Corydoras
Synonyms:
Corydoras funnelli, Corydoras
leopardus
Family:
Callichthyidae
Distribution:
South America:
Brazil, Rio Maracaña. Ecuador,
Rio Jatuncocha, where it meets the Rio Yasuni.
Peru, Rio Yavari, near San Fernando.
Size:
Male 7.0cm ( 3ins) Female 7.5cm
(3¼ins)
Temp:
23-26°C (73-79°F)
p.H.
6.0-7.2.
Reference:
Alexandrou, Markos
& Taylor, Martin. (2011). Evolution,
ecology and taxonomy of the Corydoradinae revisited. Angelica C Dias, Luiz
F C Tencatt, Fabio F Roxo, Gabriel de Souza da Costa
Silva, Sérgio A Santos, Marcelo R Britto, Martin
I Taylor, Claudio Oliveira, Phylogenomic
analyses in the complex Neotropical subfamily Corydoradinae
(Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) with a new classification
based on morphological and molecular data, Zoological
Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024;, zlae053.
Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers
(2011). Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish Supplement
1. Ian Fuller Enterprises. Seus, Werner; Corydoras The most
popular armoured catfishes of South America. Dähne
Verlag. 218p.
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