Armored Catfish
Corydoras diphyes Axenrot & Kullander, 2003
Also calledCorydoras (lat) · Limpiafondo (spa)
First described in: Axenrot, T. E.; Kullander, S. O. (2003). Corydoras diphyes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) and Otocinclus mimulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), two new species of catfishes from Paraguay, a case of minetic association. <em>Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.</em> 14(3): 249-272.
Hoplisoma diphyes, the variable cory, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae, the corys, of the family Callichthyidae, the armoured catfishes. This catfish is endemic to Paraguay where it is restricted to tributaries of the río Monday and the río Acaray, both right bank tributaries of the río Paraná. This small catfish attains a maximum standard length of 4.5 cm (1.8 in).
== References ==
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2342663.