Corydoras Iiap

📖 Overview

This species was collected in streams with black, muddy, and mixed waters, all tributaries of the Ríos Itaya and Nanay. The sampled environments are first-order streams, with constant fluctuations in water level influenced mainly by local rainfall. These aquatic environments with width ranging from 4 to 8.1 m, depth ranging from 0.6 to 1.3 m. On the average, physicochemical parameters of the type-locality are the following: water temperature 26.2°C, pH 6.3, dissolved oxygen 2.4 mg/l, electrical conductivity of 30.5 µS/cm, and total suspended solids 15.0 mg/l. For other sampled localities, the average parameters were: water temperature between 24.5°C and 27.0°C, pH between 5.4 and 5.5, dissolved oxygen between 3.8 and 5.4 mg/l, electrical conductivity between 17.0 and 28.0 µS/cm, and total suspended solids between 8.0 and 14.0 mg/l. The substrate was mostly composed by sand, with some decomposing plant material. In most sampled streams,This species was observed in syntopy with C. sychri and C. ambiacus .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: with branch of the temporal sensory canal at sphenotic, which gives rise to the supraorbital canal, with two pores; upper tooth plate of branchial arch with three series of teeth; the area at the corner of the mouth, ventral to the maxillary barbel, with a small, triangular fleshy flap, which may variably present a small prolongation at its posterior tip, forming a short barbel-like structure; with a conspicuous dark brown or black patch transversally crossing the orbit, forming a mask-like blotch; absence of a distinct color pattern along midline of flank; with dorsolateral body plates only with small, irregular, rounded or vertically elongated dark brown or black blotches; ground color of plates typically light yellow or beige; absence of a relatively large, conspicuous dark patch on anterior portion of dorsal fin; with dorso- and ventrolateral body plates with pale yellow or beige background coloration, with dark blotches on flanks conspicuously standing out from the ground color of plates; with a conspicuous mask-like blotch; with ossified portion of hypobranchial 2 ranging from moderately developed, with size similar to cartilaginous portion, to well developed, around twice size of cartilaginous portion, even in smaller specimens with up to about 4.2 cm SL .: short and / or deep; Cross section: oval.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Corydoras Iiap is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Corydoras Iiap is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Corydoras Iiap is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; demersal; pH range: 5.4 - 6.3; depth range 1 - 1 m . Tropical; 25°C - 27°C South America: Peru.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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