Cory ID

[em_witt]

Just got 2 new Corys to add to my shoal. Got them as spotted corries but 99.9% positive they aren't.

 

[Tony Gill]

I'm no catfish expert, but the top one looks like C. reticulatus, and the bottom like C. melanistius.

Tony

 

[em_witt]

I'm no catfish expert, but the top one looks like C. reticulatus, and the bottom like C. melanistius.

Tony

Could u give me the common names?

 

[Tony Gill]

I'm not sure how universal common names are in Corydoras, and I figured you would do better looking for images for comparison with your fishes using the scientific names. A quick check online gave the following common names for the two: C. melanistius - bluespotted corydoras, blacksail corydoras, blackspotted corydoras, dotted corydoras, Guiana cat or Guiana corydoras; C. reticulatus - reticulated corydoras, mosaic corydoras, network catfish, or network corydoras.

Tony

 

[butterfly_koi]

C. melanistius - spotted Cory
C. reticulatus - Reticulated Cory

I agree as well on the Spotted Cory, it's harder to identify the Reticulated because there are so many different Cory species that have the same markings.