Home›Where they come from›PapuriRiverPapuriOne profile names the Papuri. That is what has been written, not what lives there.Species1Families1Photographed1 of 1Difficulty rated1 of 1BasinAmazon basinAlso in the Amazon basinJapuráNegroTiquiéThat fish is also recorded fromAmazonCaquetáGuaviareLosadaOrinocoRuns throughBrazilCorydoras meliniFalse Bandit CoryCallichthyidae · Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1930Max length50mm SL2.0in SLTank80 × 30cm31 × 12inTemp20–26°C68–79°FpH4.0–7.0In the aquarium hobby, the population from the rio Tiquié has been referred to as 'C084', while a similar, but larger, form from the Río Huallaga in Peru is known as 'C085'. Both forms have been marketed as C. sp. 'mega metae'. The existence of multiple, similarly-coloured species which coexist and sometimes form mixed schools is relatively common in the genus.Easy
