Corydoras fulleri

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Siluriformes
Family:  | Callichthyidae
Genus:  | Corydoras
Species:  |

C. fulleri

Binomial name
Corydoras fulleri

Tencatt, Evers, H-G & Britto 2021.

Synonyms

C115, C116

Corydoras fulleri, formerly identified as C116/115[1] is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae native to South America where it is found in two tributaries of the río Manuripe and a tributary of the río Madre de Dios, rio Madeira basin, Peru.[2]

Corydoras fulleri is distinctive owing to it having two pores within its supraorbital canal, three series of teeth on the upper tooth plate of the branchial arch, and, a small fleshy flap at the corner of the mouth, ventral to the maxillary barbel.[2]

It has a well developed and conical snout which frames a slightly concaved head shape from the tip of the snout to the anterior nares.

Males will grow in length up to 7 centimetres (2.8 inches), while females will reach around 7.5 centimetres (3.0 inches).[3]

It lives in a tropical climate in water with a temperature range of 22–26 °C (72–79 °F) It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, insects, and plant matter.

## Etymology[edit]

Corydoras fulleri is named in honour of Ian Fuller, an aquarist and owner of Corydoras World, a website and knowledge base dedicated to Corydoradinae Catfish.

## See also[edit]

* List of freshwater aquarium fish species

## References[edit]

1. ^ Fuller, Ian A. M. (2005). Identifying corydoradinae catfish : Aspidoras-Brochis-Corydoras-Scleromystax & C-numbers. Hans-Georg Evers. Kidderminster: Ian Fuller Enterprises. ISBN 0-9540872-2-4. OCLC 61878410.
2. ^ a b Tencatt, Luiz Fernando Caserta; Santos, Sérgio Alexandre dos; Evers, Hans-Georg; Britto, Marcelo R. (2021). "Corydoras fulleri (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), a new catfish species from the rio Madeira basin, Peru". Journal of Fish Biology. 99 (2): 614–628. doi:10.1111/jfb.14750. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 33837549. S2CID 233200704.
3. ^ "Corydoras fulleri Tencatt, Santos, Evers & Britto 2021". www.scotcat.com. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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