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Hoplisoma melini Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1930

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Ian Fuller (1) Allan James (3) Danny Blundell (2) Jonas Hansel (3)

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There is a similar species, Hoplisoma sp. (C084), which comes from the Rio Tiquié close to the Colombian border, this species has a longer head and grows larger. There are also a few other look-a-likes, Hoplisoma davidsandsi, Hoplisoma metae and Corydoras sp.(C016). The coded species CW088, CW091 and CW107 are colour forms of H. melini. Lineage: Placed in Lineage 9, the "short-snouted" species with the designated type species: C. punctatus. A revision in the future would constitute the resurrection of the genus name Hoplisoma (Agassiz, 1846). As of the latest revision (Dias et al 2024) Corydoras melini has now been placed in Lineage 9 and has the new genus name of Hoplisoma. Aquarium Care: This is akin to most of this genus, very peaceful, and would be best housed with small to medium tank mates such as Tetras, Rasboras and Danios or in a species tank for breeding purposes. Diet: A good quality flake food and tablet food for adults with sporadic feedings of frozen or live food will keep your Corydoras in good health. Etymology: The specific name melini: In honour of Swedish herpetologist Douglas Melin (1895–1946), who collected holotype. Remarks: This species is still found on some online sources as Corydoras melini.

Common Name:

CW088, CW091, CW107

Synonyms:

Corydoras melini

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Upper Negro and Meta River basins. Type locality: Jauareté an dem Ausfluss des Rio Papuri in den Rio Uaupés, Brazil.

Size:

Male: 4.0cm (½ins), Female: 4.5cm (1¾ins)

Temp:

22-25°C (71-77°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.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers 2011, Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish: Aspidoras-Brochis-Corydoras-Scleromystax-C-numbers & CW-numbers 141p. Ian Fuller Enterprises.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hoplisoma melini
Male

Hoplisoma melini

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