Images attached to GBIF records (museum & herbarium specimens), from . Open licences; click for the record.
Corydoras polystictus
Corydoras polystictus Regan, 1912
Also calledCamboatazinho (por) · Coridora (por)
First described in: Regan, C. T. (1912). A revision of the South-American siluroid fishes of the genus Corydoras, with a list of the specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8).</em> v. 10 (no. 56): 209-220.
Hoplisoma polystictum, the fine spotted cory, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae, the corys, of the family Callichthyidae, the armoured catfishes. This catfish is found in the Paraguay River basin in Argentina and Brazil.
The fish will grow in length up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in). It lives in a tropical climate in water with a 6.0 – 8.0 pH, a water hardness of 2 – 25 dGH, and a temperature range of 22–28 °C (72–82 °F). It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, insects, and plant matter. It lays eggs in dense vegetation and adults do not guard the eggs.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Corydoras polystictus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2342604.