I need cory ID help (actually a decent pic!!)

[Acrobit]

I'm having trouble identifying my new cory - any ideas? I'm going back to get one or two more in a day or so (didn't have enough money on hand to get any more and I thought these were just beautiful, never seen any like them) - here is a decent picture:

Yup, once in a while I actually get a decent picture. LOL

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Acrobit

It could be a C. paleatus. Take a look at this picture and see if it is a match.

http/aquaworld.netfirms.com/Siluroidei/C...as_paleatus.htm

These corys don't usually have a glittery look to them; that must just be the photo.

 

[Acrobit]

Inchworm - he actually does have a glittery sheen to him. He has a gold body with black spots, I'm not sure if the C. paleatus is like that?

Does anybody here think he looks like C. sp `mazaruni`? Here are pictures: http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/calli...ydora/796_f.php

 

[endparenthesis]

My peppered (paleatus) cories look pretty glittery in the right light. I think they got that Aquaworld photo at just the right angle to make it so glittery that you couldn't really see the markings anymore.

I think you have a peppered cory. I always see them in pet stores.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Acrobit

I don't really think that the C. sp `mazaruni is the fish you have.

Try looking at this picture instead. I think it is more representative of the actual colors of this cory than the first one:

http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/cory-pal.htm

The peppered cory is a very popular and frequently found cory. If it is the fish you bought, I think you will be very happy with it.

 

[Acrobit]

Thanks endparenthesis. I've never seen them around here so I wasn't sure.

Inchworm - I didn't think it was either but I was just checking.

Thanks everybody!

 

[cutechic]

Great picture, Acrobit.

He's very cute

 

[Acrobit]

Thanks cutechic! It's not that bad of a pic, is it? I'm so proud of myself!

 

[Acrobit]

Here is another picture... it's not very good, sorry:

 

[Robert]

that looks exactly like my peppered cory.

 

[Phantom Thief]

It looks a lot like the peppered cories i once had too!

P.T.

 

[rollntider]

It looks a lot like the peppered cories i once had too!

P.T.

Paleatus are often times called peppered cories

 

[wrs]

it looks like the one inchworm posted a link too.

 

[Acrobit]

Yeah, I guess it is a peppered cory. It just didn't look like the first one (the picture on the first site made the cory look green, might of just been my moniter settings)

 

[Doggfather]

good to hear you worked it out Acro I wasn't even close to guessing what it was