Comparing Albino Corydoras

@AdoraBelle Dearheart you gave me another excuse to talk about cories

Question was how to differentiate the albino variations, theyre all white right?

The most common albinos are:
Aeneus and paleatus, with sterbai a little less common.

There exists also a leucistic version of panda corydoras, plus are records of albino pygmaeus, similis, and rabauti as well... however I only own the more common 3.

Pygmaeus is unmistakable, very tiny sleek corydoras

Similis: short, rounded face, golden iridescence

Rabauti:
Short, chunky body


1) look at the body shape. The 3 common varieties are quite different in their body shapes.

Aeneus: appear almost bug-eyed in comparison of the other species, head is rounded, dorsal short and more round.


Paleatus: triangular tall dorsal fin, like a sail. Angular, long features. Face is long, almost horse like.


Sterbai: tall bodied, stocky fish. Round head.


2) Iridescence Pattern and Other Colouration

Aeneus: tend to be pink to gold tone to their white, Iridescence is a single large triangular patch from the pectoral fins to the tail, occasionally have a shiny gold stripe visible in the right light at the shoulder. Blue/gold shine to the cheek.



Paleatus: 3 separate broken blotches of light turquoise iridescence down the sides towards the tail. Often have a pink patch before the dorsal fin.



Sterbai: Shows faint spotting on face down the back, reminiscent of the pattern on a normal sterbai. Note deep golden pectoral fins and overall golden tone to the fish.

Oh that's brilliant, thank you!! Will be using this in the future, no doubt!