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Hoplisoma simile Hieronimus, 1991

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Helen Burns (2) Sandy Milne (1) Julian Dignall (1) Vedran Cuncic (2) Adrian Taylor (6) Benny Hubel Hansen (1) Tony Salter (2)

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This species lives alongside other species such as Corydoras ourastigama, Corydoras sp. (C042), Brochis sp. (C066) and Brochis sp.(C074). in its natural habitat. There is also an albino home-bred variety in the hobby. 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 simils has now been placed in Lineage 9 and has the new genus name of Hoplisoma and also a change to the specific name to simile. 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: Feeding Hoplisoma simile is not a problem as they will readily consume commercial foods such as flake, granular and tablet foods and frozen foods such as bloodworms and daphnia, like all fish they benefit from regular feedings of live foods such as Daphnia, Cyclops, Grindal worms and bloodworms. Remarks: This species is still found on some online sources as Corydoras similis.

Common Name:

False Blotch Tail Cory

Synonyms:

Corydoras similis

Family:

Callichthyidae

Distribution:

South America: Brazil; Madeira River basin.

Size:

Male: 5.5cm (2¼ins) Female: 6.0cm (2½ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°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.
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.
ScotCat Factsheet no. 150 Dec. 2008.

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Hoplisoma simile

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Hoplisoma simile
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Hoplisoma simile

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