Masked corydoras

The masked corydoras, bandit catfish, bandit corydoras, or Meta River corydoras (Corydoras metae) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters of South America, and is found in the Meta River basin in Colombia. A maximum length of 4.8 cm has been recorded.[2]

Masked corydoras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
Species:
C. metae
Binomial name
Corydoras metae

See also

References

  1. Mojica, J.I., Rodríguez-Olarte, D., Taphorn, D.C., Usma, S., Villa-Navarro, F. & Herrera-Collazos, E.E. (2021). "Corydoras metae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Corydoras metae" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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