Similar looking to Brochis
leopardus. No breeding
reports are known for this species. Some authors doubt
the validity of this species even though it has the
trademark round black spot in the dorsal fin. 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 gomezi 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 gomezi: In honour of Juan
A. Gómez, Director, Centro de Investigaciones
Cientificas, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo
Lozano, for his “permanent support” of
Castro’s project on the freshwater fishes of
Colombia. Remarks:
Still found on some online sources as Corydoras
gomezi.
Common
Name:
None
Synonyms:
Corydoras
gomezi
Family:
Callichthyidae
Distribution:
South America:
Colombia, lakes of the Isla de Mocagua, Rio Amazonas/Solimoes
near Leticia, Comisaría del Amazonas (03º54'S,
70º14'W).
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