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Emerald catfish

Emerald catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
Species:
C. splendens
Binomial name
Corydoras splendens
(Castelnau, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Callichthys splendens Castelnau, 1855
  • Brochis splendens (Castelnau, 1855)
  • Callichthys taiosh Castelnau, 1855
  • Brochis dipterus Cope, 1872
  • Corydoras semiscutatus Cope, 1872
  • Brochis coeruleus Cope, 1872
  • Chaenothorax bicarinatus Cope, 1878
  • Chaenothorax eigenmanni M. D. Ellis, 1913

The emerald catfish (Corydoras splendens) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae native to the Amazon Basin in South America.[1] It has traditionally been known as Brochis splendens.[2] The fish has appeared on a stamp in Brazil.[3]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Corydoras splendens". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Alderton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ FishBase: Gibbons, S., 1999 Collect fish on stamps.

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