Variable cory
📖 Overview
Facultative air-breathing ; Usually occurs in areas with sandy bottom, bank vegetation entering water or with marginal aquatic plants, dark, clear or slightly turbid water and limited associated fauna . Mimicked by Otocinclus mimulus; . Mimicry is unusual because the two species occupy different microhabitats and it is hypothesized to operate with a primarily visual predator moving between the microhabitats, tentatively identified as the cichlid Crenicichla lepidota .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Vertebrae: 18 - 19. Relatively low scute numbers (dorsal/ventral row, 23-24/20-21, pre-adipose scutes 2-4, usually 3), series of 4-6 distinct spots or a continuous midlateral band along the middle of the side instead of 2-3 large dark blotches; dorsal and pectoral fins not elongated in either sex; distinct stripes in dorsal and caudal fins .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Variable cory is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Variable cory is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Variable cory is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical South America: restricted to tributaries of río Monday and río Acaray, ringht bank tributaries of río Paraná, Paraguay.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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