Blackstripe corydoras
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The blackstripe corydoras or bond's catfish, Corydoras bondi, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Yuruari River in Venezuela and the Corantijn and Rupununi River basins in Guyana and Suriname. It was described by W.A. Gosline in 1940. In the system of "C-Numbers" developed by the German fishkeeping magazine DATZ to identify undescribed species of Corydoras in the aquarium hobby, this fish had been assigned number "C31" until it was correctly identified.
The fish will grow in length up to 1.9 inches (4.7 centimeters). 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 72 - 79 °F (22 - 26 °C). It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, insects, and plant matter. It lays eggs in dense vegetation and adults do not guard the eggs. The female holds 2-4 eggs between her pelvic fins, where the male fertilizes them for about 30 seconds. Only then does the female swim to a suitable spot, where she attaches the very sticky eggs. The pair repeats this process until about 100 eggs have been fertilized and attached.
The blackstripe corydoras is of commercial importance in the aquarium trade industry.
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- "Corydoras bondi". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. March 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
- Evers, Hans-Georg. A system called “C-Numbers” (english). Retrieved on June 8, 2006.
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