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Hoplisoma burgessi Axelrod, 1987

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Ian Fuller (1) Dennis Barrett (2) Danny Blundell (1) Adrian Taylor (3) Allan James (1) Haakon Haagensen (1)

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There are a few different colour pattern variations with this pretty Corydoras species. Similar looking to C121 which has a brown patch on the gill area. 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 burgessi 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 sized tankmates such as Tetras, Rasboras and Danios or in a species tank for breeding purposes. Best to purchase 6 individuals or more as they will be happier in a group. 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 burgessi: In honour of American ichthyologist Warren E. Burgess, for contributions to the study of catfishes, particularly Corydoras (Burgess worked for Axelrod at T.F.H. Publications). Remarks: This species is still found on some online sources as Corydoras burgessi.

Common Name:

Burgess's Corydoras

Synonyms:

Corydoras burgessi

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil; Upper Negro River basin. Type locality: Reportedly from the Rio Unini, tributary of the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil.

Size:

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

Temp:

23-28°C (73-83°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

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.
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.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Hoplisoma burgessi

Hoplisoma burgessi

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