Corydoras osteocarus is a tropicalfreshwaterfish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in South America, and is found in the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela and coastal rivers in Suriname. In the system of "C-Numbers" developed by the German fishkeeping magazine DATZ to identify undescribed species of Corydoras in the aquarium hobby, this fish had been assigned number "C60" until it was correctly identified.
The fish will grow in length up to 1.6 inches (4.0 centimeters). It lives in a tropical climate in water with a 6.0 – 8.0 pH, a water hardness of 2 – 25 dGH, and a temperature range of 70 – 77 °F (21 – 25 °C). It feeds on worms, benthiccrustaceans, insects, and plant matter. It lays eggs in dense vegetation and adults do not guard the eggs. In captivity, it produces up to 300 eggs, which it usually attaches to plants. Hatching occurs in about 3–4 days at 21.4 °C (70 °F).
corydoras, osteocarus, tropical, freshwater, fish, belonging, corydoradinae, family, family, callichthyidae, originates, south, america, found, orinoco, river, basin, venezuela, coastal, rivers, suriname, system, numbers, developed, german, fishkeeping, magazi. Corydoras osteocarus is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub family of the family Callichthyidae It originates in South America and is found in the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela and coastal rivers in Suriname In the system of C Numbers developed by the German fishkeeping magazine DATZ to identify undescribed species of Corydoras in the aquarium hobby this fish had been assigned number C60 until it was correctly identified Corydoras osteocarusScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder SiluriformesFamily CallichthyidaeGenus CorydorasSpecies C osteocarusBinomial nameCorydoras osteocarusJ E Bohlke 1951The fish will grow in length up to 1 6 inches 4 0 centimeters It lives in a tropical climate in water with a 6 0 8 0 pH a water hardness of 2 25 dGH and a temperature range of 70 77 F 21 25 C It feeds on worms benthic crustaceans insects and plant matter It lays eggs in dense vegetation and adults do not guard the eggs In captivity it produces up to 300 eggs which it usually attaches to plants Hatching occurs in about 3 4 days at 21 4 C 70 F See also EditList of freshwater aquarium fish speciesReferences EditFroese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2011 Corydoras osteocarus in FishBase December 2011 version Evers Hans Georg A system called C Numbers Archived from the original on 2006 06 19 Retrieved 2006 06 08 This Callichthyidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Corydoras osteocarus amp oldid 1010572225, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
