Corydoras eques explained

Corydoras eques, the horseman's cory catfish or true eques cory,^{[1] [2]} is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae. It was first described by Austrian zoologist Franz Steindachner.^[3] It is native to the Brazilian Amazon basin.^[4] The name eques means knight in Latin.^[5]

Life cycle

The male fertilizes the female's 2–4 eggs between her pelvic fins for around 30 seconds. Only then does the female swim to a suitable location and attach the very adhesive eggs. The couple continues doing this until around 100 eggs have been fertilized and connected.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Horseman's Cory Catfish (Corydoras eques), Tank-Bred! – Aquatic Arts on sale today for $ 111.59 . 2022-11-29 . aquaticarts.com . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129234310/https://aquaticarts.com/products/horsemans-cory-catfish . live .
2. Web site: True Eques Cory (Corydoras Eques) . 2022-11-29 . Aqua Imports . en-US . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129234311/https://www.aqua-imports.com/product/true-eques-cory-corydoras-eques/ . live .
3. Web site: ScotCat Factsheets: October 2013: Corydoras eques Steindachner, 1877 . 2022-11-29 . www.scotcat.com . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129234313/https://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/corydoras_eques.htm . live .
4. Web site: 2022-04-07 . Corydoras eques Cory Database . 2022-11-29 . corydoras.zone . en-US . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129171417/https://corydoras.zone/cory/corydoras-eques/ . live .
5. Web site: Corydoras eques . 2022-12-01 . aquainfo.org . en-US . 2022-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221201165058/https://aquainfo.org/corydoras-eques-horsemans-cory/ . live .
6. Baensch, R. A., and R. Riehl. "Aquarien Atlas. Band. 1." (1991).