List of Corydoras species

This is an alphabetically ordered list of Corydoras species, as of 2007.

Each entry includes: binomial scientific name, ichthyologist discoverer and year of publication.

Some entries are indicated with existing common name and synonyms. Some recently-described or -identified specimens are labelled with a C-number (see References section for detailed information). Extinct species are marked with the symbol †.

List of Corydoras species

C. acrensis. Nijssen, 1972. Common name: acre corydoras.
C. acutus. Cope, 1872. Common name: blacktop corydoras.
C. adolfoi. Burgess, 1982. Common name: Adolfo's catfish.
C. aeneus. Gill, 1858. Common name: bronze corydoras. Synonyms: Hoplosoma aeneum, C. microps, C. venezuelanus, C. macrosteus and C. schultzei.
C. agassizii. Steindachner, 1877. Common name: spotted corydoras.
C. albolineatus (C056). Knaack, 2004.
C. amandajanea. Sands, 1995.
C. amapaensis. Nijssen, 1972.
C. ambiacus. Cope, 1872. Common name: spotted corydoras.
C. amphibelus. Cope, 1872.
C. approuaguensis. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983.
C. araguaiaensis. Sands, 1990.
C. arcuatus (C020). Elwin, 1939. Common name: skunk corydoras.
C. areio (C070). Knaack, 2000.
C. armatus. Günther, 1868.
C. atropersonatus. Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970.
C. aurofrenatus. Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903.
C. axelrodi. Rössel, 1962. Common name: pink corydoras.
C. baderi. Geisler, 1969. Synonym: C. oelemariensis.
C. bicolor. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967.
C. bifasciatus. Nijssen, 1972.
C. bilineatus. Knaack, 2002.
C. blochi (C032). Nijssen, 1971. Common name: spotback corydoras.
C. boehlkei. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1982.
C. boesemani. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967.
C. bondi (C031). Gosline, 1940. Common name: blackstripe corydoras.
C. breei. Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1992.
C. brevirostris. Fraser-Brunner, 1947. Synonym: C. melanistius brevirostris.
C. britskii. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983.
C. burgessi. Axelrod, 1987.
C. carlae. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983.
C. caudimaculatus. Rössel, 1961. Common name: tailspot corydoras.
C. cervinus. Rössel, 1962.
C. cochui (C022). Myers & Weitzman, 1954. Common name: barredtail corydoras.
C. concolor. Weitzman, 1961. Common name: concolor corydoras.
C. condiscipulus. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980.
C. copei. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986.
C. coppenamensis. Nijssen, 1970. Synonym: C. bondi coppenamensis.
C. coriatae. Burgess, 1997.
C. crimmeni. Grant, 1997.
C. cruziensis (C012). Knaack, 2002.
C. crypticus. Sands, 1995.
C. davidsandsi. Black, 1987. Common name: Sand's corydoras.
C. delphax. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983.
C. difluviatilis. Britto & Castro, 2002.
C. diphyes. Axenrot & Kullander, 2003.
C. duplicareus. Sands, 1995. Common name: duplicate corydoras.
C. ehrhardti. Steindachner, 1910. Synonym: C. meridionalis.
C. elegans. Steindachner, 1877. Common name: elegant corydoras. Synonym: C. pestai.
C. ellisae. Gosline, 1940.
C. ephippifer. Nijssen, 1972.
C. eques. Steindachner, 1877.
C. esperanzae. Castro, 1987.
C. evelynae. Rössel, 1963.
C. filamentosus. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983.
C. flaveolus. Ihering, 1911.
C. fowleri. Böhlke, 1950.
C. garbei. Ihering, 1911.
C. geoffroy. La Cèpéde, 1803. Synonym: C. octocirrus.
C. geryi. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983. Synonym: C. bolivianus.
C. gomezi. Castro, 1986.
C. gossei. Nijssen, 1972.
C. gracilis. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976.
C. griseus. Holly, 1940. Synonym: C. griseus de weyeri. Common name: Grey Catfish
C. guapore. Knaack, 1961. Common name: guapore corydoras.
C. guianensis. Nijssen, 1970.
C. habrosus. Weitzman, 1960. Common name: salt and pepper catfish.
C. haraldschultzi. Knaack, 1962. Common name: mosaic corydoras.
C. hastatus. Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888. Common name: dwarf corydoras. Synonym: C. australe.
C. heteromorphus. Nijssen, 1970.
C. imitator. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983. Common name: imitator corydoras.
C. incolicana (C001). Burgess, 1993.
C. isbrueckeri (C050). Knaack, 2004.
C. julii. Steindachner, 1906. Common name: leopard corydoras.
C. kanei (C026, C046). Grant, 1997.
C. lacerdai. Hieronimus, 1995.
C. lamberti. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986.
C. laserline. Common name: orange laserline corydora.
C. latus. Pearson, 1924.
C. leopardus. Myers, 1933. Synonym: C. funnelli.
C. leucomelas. Eigenmann & Allen, 1942. Common name: false spotted catfish. Synonym: C. caquetae.
C. longipinnis. Knaack^[1], 2007.
C. loretoensis. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986.
C. loxozonus (C079, C082, C083). Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983.
C. maculifer (C069). Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1971. Common name: dotted corydoras.
C. mamore (C011). Knaack, 2002.
C. melanistius. Regan, 1912. Common name: bluespotted corydoras. Synonym: C. wotroi.
C. melanotaenia. Regan, 1912. Common name: green gold catfish.
C. melini. Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1930. Common name: bandit corydoras.
C. metae. Eigenmann, 1914. Common name: masked corydoras.
C. micracanthus. Regan, 1912.
C. multimaculatus (C059). Steindachner, 1907.
C. multiradiatus. Orcés, 1960.
C. nanus. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967. Common name: little corydoras.
C. napoensis. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986.
C. narcissus. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980.
C. nattereri. Steindachner, 1877. Common name: blue corydoras. Synonyms: C. juquiaae and C. nattereri triseriatus.
C. negro. Knaack, 2004.
C. nijsseni (C111). Sands, 1989. Common name: Nijssen's corydoras. Synonym: C. elegans nijsseni.
C. noelkempffi (C058). Knaack, 2004.
C. oiapoquensis. Nijssen, 1972.
C. ornatus. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1976.
C. orphnopterus. Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970.
C. ortegai.
C. osteocarus (C060). Böhlke, 1951.
C. ourastigma. Nijssen, 1972.
C. oxyrhynchus. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967.
C. paleatus. Jenyns, 1842. Common name: peppered corydoras. Synonyms: C. maculatus, C. marmoratus, C. microcephalus, Silurus quadricostatus and Silurus 7-radiatus.
C. panda. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1971. Common name: panda corydoras.
C. pantanalensis (C005). Knaack, 2001.
C. paragua. Knaack, 2004.
C. parallelus (C002). Burgess, 1993.
C. pastazensis. Weitzman, 1963. Common name: pastaza corydoras. Synonym: C. pastazensis orcesi.
C. paucerna. Knaack, 2004.
C. pinheiroi (C025). Dinkelmeyer, 1995.
C. polystictus. Regan, 1912. Synonym: C. virescens.
C. potaroensis. Myers, 1927.
C. pulcher. Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1973.
C. punctatus. Bloch, 1974.
C. pygmaeus. Knaack, 1966. Common name: pygmy corydoras.
C. rabauti. La Monte, 1941. Common name: Rabaut's corydoras. Synonym: C. myersi.
C. reticulatus. Fraser-Brunner, 1938. Common name: reticulated corydoras.
C. revelatus †. Cockerell, 1925. Fossil species from the Late Paleocene.
C. reynoldsi. Myers & Weitzman, 1960.
C. robineae. Burgess, 1983. Common name: bannertail corydoras.
C. robustus. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1980.
C. sanchesi. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1967.
C. saramaccensis. Nijssen, 1970.
C. sarareensis (C023). Dinkelmeyer, 1995.
C. schwartzi. Rössel, 1963. Common name: Schwartz's catfish.
C. semiaquilus. Weitzman, 1964.
C. septentrionalis. Gosline, 1940. Synonym: C. cortesi.
C. serratus. Sands, 1995.
C. seussi (C027). Dinkelmeyer, 1996.
C. similis. Hieronimus, 1991.
C. simulatus. Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970.
C. sipaliwini. Hoedeman, 1965.
C. sodalis. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986. Common name: false network catfish.
C. solox. Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983.
C. spectabilis. Knaack, 1999.
C. spilurus. Norman, 1926.
C. splendens. Castelnau, 1855. Synonyms: Callichthys splendens, Callichthys taiosh, Brochis coeruleus, Brochis dipterus, C. semiscutatus, Chaenothorax bicarinatus and Chaenothorax eigenmanni.
C. steindachneri. Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1973.
C. stenocephalus (C017). Eigenmann & Allen, 1942.
C. sterbai. Knaack, 1962. Common name: Sterba's corydoras.
C. surinamensis. Nijssen, 1970.
C. sychri. Weitzman, 1960. Common name: Sychr's catfish.
C. treitlii. Steindachner, 1906.
C. trilineatus. Cope, 1872. Common name: threestripe corydoras. Synonyms: C. episcopi, C. dubius.
C. tukano (C064). Britto & Lima, 2003.
C. undulatus. Regan, 1912.
C. virginiae (C004). Burgess, 1993. Common name: Miguelito corydoras.
C. vittatus. Nijssen, 1972. Synonym: C. blochi vittatus.
C. weizmani. Nijssen, 1971. Common name: twosaddle corydoras.
C. xinguensis (C055, C105, C106, C107, C108). Nijssen, 1972. Common name: xingu corydoras.
C. zygatus. Eigenmann & Allen, 1942.

Notes

^ Knaack, J (2007). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Callichthyidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes). III. Corydoras longipinnis sp. n. – ein neuer Panzerwels aus dem río Dulce in Argentinien (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). [Contributions to the Knowledge of Callichthyidae. III. Corydoras longipinnis sp. n. – a new Callichtyid fish from the río Dulce, Argentina (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Callichthyidae)"] (in german). Vertebrate Zoology 57: 35–55. http://www.corydorasworld.com/content/download/9586/41443/file/57-1_Knaack_35-55.pdf. Retrieved 2010-March-11.

References

Catalog of catfishes: Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.
With regard to C-numbers: Evers, Hans-Georg. "A system called C-numbers". http://www.corydorasworld.com/c_numbers. Retrieved 2010-March-11.
Database of fishes, the FishBase: Froese, R; Pauly, D (2010). "FishBase" (in several languages). http://www.fishbase.us/. Retrieved 2010-March-11.