The blackstripe corydoras or Bond's catfish (''Corydoras bondi'') is a
tropical freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family
Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in
South America, and is found in the
Yuruarí River in
Venezuela and the
Corantijn and
Rupununi River basins in
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
and
Suriname
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. 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
Degrees of general hardness (dGH or °GH) is a unit of water hardness, specifically of general hardness. General hardness is a measure of the concentration of divalent metal ions such as calcium (Ca2+) and magnesium (Mg2+) per volume of water. S ...
, and a temperature range of 72 – 79 °F (22 – 26 °C). It feeds on
worms,
benthic
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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.
See also
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List of freshwater aquarium fish species
A vast number of aquatic species have successfully adapted to live in the freshwater aquarium. This list gives some examples of the most common species found in home aquariums.
Catfish
Characins and other characiformes
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References
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External links
Photos at Fishbase
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Corydoras
Taxa named by William Alonzo Gosline III
Fish described in 1940