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Sympatric with the long snouted Brochis condisipulus. 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 oiapoquensis has now been placed in Lineage 9 and has the new genus and specific name of Hoplisoma oiapoquense. Aquarium Care: A tank setup would entail a soft substrate such as sand or a small gravel and a nice plant covering around the back and sides of the aquarium. If housed in a community tank a mixture of small South American characins or the smaller varieties of Asian Rasboras would suffice, as larger fishes would intimidate these shy Cory's, and would stop them eating and would be therefore detrimental to their overall health. Diet: The usual fare for adult Corydoras, a good quality flake food, tablet food, frozen bloodworm and whiteworm used sparingly. Young fry can be fed brine shrimp from a very early age and grow quick in the first month, then they are apt to slow down. Remarks: Still found on some online sources as Corydoras oiapoquensis.

Stripe Tailed Panda

Corydoras oiapoquensis

Callichthyidae

South America: French Guiana; Cumuri Creek at left bank of Río Oiapoque upstream of first rapids of Grande Roche, southwest of village Oiapoque.

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

23-25°C (73-77°F)

6.0-7.2.

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.
ScotCat Factsheet no. 14. August 1997.