Peppered Cory Looks Like A Plane!

[MewMew42]

after some closer inspection of peppered corys on the internet i noticed that mine was sort of different..

he looks like a plane hovering across the bottom of my tank =]

well the real reason for my post is that his dorsal fin seems to be bent at the top =[ maybe 'cause its so long?

I dunno..take a gander....

long pectoral fins:

and for fun!
my hoplo cat sat on my Julii Cory =] he sits on everything he can find though...!

 

[keenonfish]

Hehe I've got one like that except without the distorted growth. I guess it is a freak or maybe interbreeding? I am sure someone experienced with Cory's will shed some light on the matter!

 

[Coryologist]

Hehe I've got one like that except without the distorted growth. I guess it is a freak or maybe interbreeding? I am sure someone experienced with Cory's will shed some light on the matter!

Greetings. Long-finned C. paleatus are extremely common. - Frank

 

[MewMew42]

fair enough lol but i was wondering why this fellas was bent?

 

[Inchworm]

Hi MewMew42

It's just a genetic variation, much like some people have longer noses than others do. Some people line bred ones like this and produced corys like this:

Even this one is still a C. paleatus (peppered cory) and it's healthy and "normal," but it's not what nature intended.