Id Needed - Updated With Pics!

[Rez]

Thanks Rez! you know when you just *know* something is different but when you describe it it sounds like what you know it's not? It's been a bizarre day!

Lol, good catch Kathy! 99% of the people whould have left it at they are just Aeneus. At a passing glance I probably would have said the same thing.

 

[KathyM]

Yipppeeee I can sleep tonight now *lmao*! You are a diamond Rez.

 

[KathyM]

More pics:

 

[Barracuda518]

Is it this one? http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/calli...ydora/111_F.PHP

Because I'm beginning to think they're thems.

I also agree with you and Rez. It definately looks like a C. melanotaenia. You can clearly see the gray in the last picture. Those are very nice cories. I have been looking for them for a long time with no luck.

EDIT: Spelling

 

[KathyM]

Thanks! I've found a shop that stock Corydoras melanotaenia at the moment, and this is a link to the pics of them. I've got to say I think we've definitely found what my new cories are!

http/www.biddulph-aquatics.co.uk/images/...anotaen_001.jpg

 

[KathyM]

Someone on another board has suggested these are female C89s. I was wondering what you thought about this, because if that is the case, I find it odd there were no males in the shop.

 

[KathyM]

I went back and got the last one today, so I have three now

 

[Rez]

Someone on another board has suggested these are female C89s. I was wondering what you thought about this, because if that is the case, I find it odd there were no males in the shop.

They are not C93s because both male and female C93s have a tannish belly and a little tan line that runs a bit higher than the lateral line. I don't think that you have C93s. I am sticking with my initial judgement: Melanotaenia.




Rez B)

 

[KathyM]

Ta Rez - here's more pics.

'Scuse the poor quality. Just wanted to show you that marking on their side.

 

[Rez]

Here they are side by side, perhaps we can put this ID to rest

 

[KathyM]

In shape and fin colouring, melanotaenia. But that pale mark is making me suspicious.

 

[§tudz]

I think the white marking are just something from that strain of cories you have, as the same species can have slightly different colouartions depending on the areas they come from

 

[KathyM]

Thanks Studz, I didn't know that.

 

[Captain Retardo]

I see you have some Corydoras Haraldshultzi (In the backround of one of your pics)! Those are my favorite, unfourtunately my LFS only has 1 of them and he costs $18 American!

We have some Corydoras Panda at PetsMart and they look really healthy! They are only $4 American also! They are only this big though: -------------

 

[KathyM]

You know, they were sold to me as Sterbas, but I was wondering if they were those too *lol*. Is there any way to tell the difference (obviously there is but I can't find info online)? I'm not bothered really, it was the orange finnage I was after.