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Leopard corydoras
Corydoras julii Steindachner, 1906
Also calledCoridora leopardo (ita) · Coridora-leopardo (por) · Corydoras léopard (fra) · Kirysek nakrapiany (pol)
First described in: Steindachner, F. (1906). Zwei neue Corydoras-Arten aus dem Parnahyba- und Parahimflusse im Staate Piauhy. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> v. 43: 478-480.
Hoplisoma julii, the julii cory or leopard catfish, 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 Parnaíba River basin, in the states of Ceará, Piauí and Maranhão, as well as in the coastal basins of Maranhão and the lower Amazon River. This species may be endemic to the Maranhão-Piauí ecoregion. However, there are records of the species in streams of northeastern Pará, in the Maracanã and Marapanim River basins. Other records of this species are from the Marañón, Tigre, Huallaga and Ucayali rivers and their tributaries in Peru, as well as in the Leticia region, in the Amazon River basin of Colombia.
Hoplisoma julii is often confused with Hoplisoma trilineatum, the three stripe corydoras. Hoplisoma julii are small, peaceful shoaling fish, and are typically kept in groups in captivity.
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What it does
Hoplisoma julii, like almost all Hoplisoma species, are bottom-feeding scavengers. Their diet consists primarily of small invertebrates which they sift from the substrate, expelling the particles of sand and sediment through their gill openings. In captivity, their diet is frequently sinking pellets rich in insect and other invertebrate proteins, as well as live or frozen invertebrates like bloodworms, daphnia, brine shrimp, and California blackworms (Lumbriculus variegatus).
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Corydoras julii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2342734.