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Brochis sp. (C013)

Image contributors to this species:

Alan Pinkerton (1) Karsten Schönherr (1)

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Relevant Information:

Arrived in a shipment as a contaminent with Hoplisoma axelrodi, (Lineage 9). First appeared in the German magazine DATZ, Dec. 1993. 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 ((Dias et al 2024) Corydoras sp. (C013) has now been placed in Lineage 8 sub clade 4 and has the new genus name of Brochis. 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. Remarks: The first image contributor reports that he found this particular specimen in amongst a large group of Corydoras bondi coppenamensis (now Hoplisoma coppenamense) in a dealers tank in Germany in the 1980s. C013 is syntopic (defined as being similar in appearance) with Hoplisoma coppenamense. Still found on some online sources as Corydoras sp. (C013).

Common Name:

C013

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Colombia.

Size:

Male: 5.0cm (2ins) Female: 5.5cm (2¼ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

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.
DATZ. Dec. 1993.
Fuller, I.A.M. & Evers, H-G: 2005 Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish 384 p.
Ian A. M. Fuller & Hans-Georg Evers (2011). Identifying Corydoradinae Catfish Supplement 1. Ian Fuller Enterprises.
Pinkerton, Alan; pers comm. 2012.

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Brochis sp. (C013)

Brochis sp. (C013)
From the Coppename river, Suriname

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