Albino Peppered Corydoras
Paleatus very common like it cool.
Albino peppered corydoras. Colors and markings. The peppered cory are found in the la plata river basin in southeast brazil. Albinos come in at least two species one is the bronze cory.
It s a fair size but c. It has two pairs of mustaches on its upper jaw. Since they are the same species just a different color or lack of color variation.
You d have paid big bucks for the other one. I just recently traded in my peppered ones for albinos. Corydoras paleatus known commonly as the pepper cory is possibly the most commonly kept of all corydoras species with the possible exception of corydoras aenus or bronze cory the body of this species is rather stocky and covered with two rows of bony plates also known as scutes.
It is possible to come across this fish in almost many aquariums. Aeneus the other i am not sure of the species name it may have. These are rare to find.
Corydoras paleatus is a species of catfish order siluriformes of the family callichthyidae. It is one of the rare species of corydoras that can live at a temperature below 20 c or 68 f and can therefore be associated with cold water fish. I wanted something that didn t blend in with my substrate.
The pepper catfish corydoras paleatus also known as the peppered cory or the blue leopard corydoras is a peaceful catfish that is one of the most popular corydoras to keep. So if you get albinos and bronze they should school together. Corydoras paleatus peppered cory is one of the most fed corydoras species in aquarium hobby.
It reaches a maximum of 7 5 centimeters. However it has a certain advantage. It is pinkish white in color and is simply referred to as an albino cory or more specifically as albino paleatus cory.
A member of the great corydoras family the peppered corydoras has the same characteristics and needs as its cousins. It is native to uruguay and brazil though there have been reports of populations in several other south american countries. The peppered were.
It originates from the lower paraná river basin and coastal rivers in uruguay and brazil. There is also a long finned variety of the peppered corydoras as well as a pseudo albino variety. They also have red with pinkish white eyes that glow relatively.
He has bone armor on his stocky body and head. The albino cory is a captive bred variety of the peppered cory corydorus paleatus which was described by jenyns in 1842. Aeneus is by far the most common albino cory.
It is a small fish species. Brizburk albino corydoras are most often albino bronze corydoras. The albino form was selectively developed from darker bodied paleatus corys crossed with a colorless corydoras variety.
They are not listed on the iucn red list of endangered species and there are no wild populations of this albino color morph. Pepper cories are c.
