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Name
Scientific name
Hoplisoma xinguense
Described by
Authority Nijssen, Year 1972, Bracketed
Family
Callichthyidae
Common names
Xingu Cory, Dust Cory
Photograph credits
All 1 credited
Summary
The Xingu cory, Hoplisoma xinguense, long known as Corydoras xinguensis, is a small spotted armoured catfish from creeks in the upper Rio X…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
37mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 45 cm, Minimum depth 38 cm, Minimum height 30 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 22–26°C, pH 6–7.2
Hardness
2–12dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Peaceful
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Community-safe
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Brazil, Xingu
Writing
Etymology
Corydoras: from the Ancient Greek κόρυς (korus), meaning 'helmet', and δορά (dora), meaning 'skin, hide of an animal', in allusion to the rows of bony plates o…
Distribution
Described from the upper Rio Xingu basin in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, and not reliably known from anywhere else. Type locality is given as 'Suia Missú Creek, …
Habitat
Collected from small creeks flowing into the upper Xingu, several of them in forest, and from tributaries of the Culuene and Batovi, two of the rivers that joi…
Aquarium size
A tank measuring 45 ∗ 38 ∗ 30 cm is big enough for a group of this small species.
Maintenance
Use a substrate of fine sand so it can sift for food without damaging its barbels, and add smooth rocks and pieces of driftwood for cover. Some dense planting …
Water conditions
Temperature: 22 – 26 °C pH: 6.0 – 7.2 Hardness: 2 – 12 dGH[7]
Diet
An omnivore that forages on the bottom. It takes most sinking dried foods such as small pellets and tablets, along with small live and frozen foods such as blo…
Behaviour and compatibility
Peaceful, and a good choice for a community of other small fishes such as small characins, pencilfish, rasboras and dwarf cichlids. It's one of the smaller cor…
Sexual dimorphism
Females grow larger than males and are rounder and broader in the body, and the difference is easiest to see from above. Males tend to develop more pointed fin…
Reproduction
It has been bred in the aquarium. Eric Bodrock spawned a group in April 1999 in a 38 litres tank at pH 6.8 to 7.0 and 23 – 24.5 °C. He reported more than 120 e…
Notes
Fish traded under the C-numbers C055, C105, C106, C107 and C108 have all been identified as this species. It's also sold as the dust cory. Dias et al. (2024) s…
References
References
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