I.D please

[ksane]

Can anyone ID this little guy? He's one of the common ones but there were soooo many similar looking ones on PlanetCatfish that I couldn't tell which one he was. I've had 5 of them for several years. I LOVE Corys! They always hold perfectly still-they think they're hiding and if they're still you can't see them lol
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[Doodles]

Do you have any more pics of him?

 

[ksane]

Here's 1 I took just for you from the side

I think they might be the ones that start with 'mel'

 

[Princess x]

Im leaning towards the Delphax?? the only other i can think of with the prominant first dark rays would be Agassizii??

 

[Paul_fox]

They are not C Agassizzi, or 'me' being? Melanistius? am tempted to think its more than likely C Delphax having looled in Ians book, just as Princess said

 

[thegeeman]

oh god!!. If those are Delphax then mine arent:wb::wb::wb:

Off to find some pics

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[ksane]

I'm off to look at pics, to. Thank you for the answers. I've never heard of Delphax. They were bought at PetsMart but they just order "Corys" and get whatever is sent.
Just looked and Delphax *is what they are! Thank you so much. I looked at Cory pics til my eyes were crossed but the Delphax pics look identical to them. I really appreciate you all helping me. It drives me nuts not to know exactly what I've got.

 

[Rabbit]

LMAO geeman.
Below is delphax.

 

[SilverDub]

I would say they are possibly Melanistus or Wotroi or a delphax variant.

 

[Paul_fox]

Looking in Ians book and planetcatfish, I would go with Delpax due to the colouration in the first dorsal ray, so I dont think they are melanistus and I think the colours and the pointed snout also rule it out as a brevirostris (Wotroi)

 

[Coryman]

There is another ID topic with this species in. It is most definitely C. delfax.

C. wotroi is a synonym of C. brevirostris.

Ian

 

[fishheadz]

hmmmm.....I have some that were bought as delphax. Will have to try get some pics posted.