Cory ID

[FlameTetra333]

Hello,
Yesterday I bought a panda cory (yes i will get more) for $8.99 (yikes, that's why I only got 1). If you look at a google images picture of a panda cory, you can see that a typical one has a black patch on its eye and on the base of its tail. However, my cory has a black patch on its dorsal fin and a black streak that curves downwards and connects the dorsal patch with the base-of-tail patch. He has it on both sides and the pattern looks like a V when viewed from the top. Is tgis a totally different species of cory? Thanks!

 

[MdngtRain]

I want to say that's a skunk cory? Is there one like that? I coulds be thinking of a different fish...

 

[Persistency]

I want to say that's a skunk cory? Is there one like that? I coulds be thinking of a different fish...

I just looked up Skunk Cory and it looks like what you described.

 

[Kiara1125]

Yes, it's most likely a Skunk Cory. Don't you hate it when fish stores sell fish under the wrong name? It's ok for the price though. My lfs sells Glo-Fish fro $10 each. It's buy 3, get 1 free. Who in their right minds wants to spend $30 on 4 small fish!?!?

 

[FlameTetra333]

Sorry, that's not the one. My cory looks like kind of a mix between panda and skunk. It has the black vertical line running down its eye like a panda cory. There's a black line like the skunk cory, except it starts from the dorsal fin (the fin on top of the cory) and ends at the base of the tail. There's no black line between the eye and the dorsal fin. Sorry, I can't take a picture right now.

 

[Kiara1125]

Hmm, idk if it could be a hybrid. But have you noticed that not all fishes' markings are to the book. It might be a Panda or Skunk Cory with a few extra markings. Possibility??

 

[Persistency]

My lfs sells Glo-Fish fro $10 each. It's buy 3, get 1 free. Who in their right minds wants to spend $30 on 4 small fish!?!?

Holy crap! I think that Walmart sells them for less than $5 a piece and I still won't buy them, lol. I hope that not all of the fish at your LFS are that overpriced!

 

[KcMopar]

Yes, it's most likely a Skunk Cory. Don't you hate it when fish stores sell fish under the wrong name? It's ok for the price though. My lfs sells Glo-Fish fro $10 each. It's buy 3, get 1 free. Who in their right minds wants to spend $30 on 4 small fish!?!?

I have spent over $50.00 on a single fish less then an inch long before. I guess I was in my LEFT mind though LOL.

 

[SlateSpider]

My walmart stopped selling fish several years ago, but I still have Petco and City Zoo nearby!

 

[Kiara1125]

Lol Kerry and Persistency!! Kerry, your fish was probably a SW fish right?? I would get the Glo-Fish from Walmart, but they always look so sick....

 

[KcMopar]

Yes it was SW.

 

[Kiara1125]

I knew it!! xD Those fish are expensive, but worth it.

 

[KcMopar]

Yeah, until I wiped out over two hundred dollars worth about a week ago. I am going to start replacing them here in about a two or three weeks once I am sure my tank is back to stable again. It all tests good now but I like to be sure before I make the same mistake again.

 

[FlameTetra333]

Here is my "panda" cory:?

 

[KcMopar]

Thats a corydoras melini!!! Its a false bandit cory. Or I guess is could be a bandit cory. Well, thats my best guess I should say, I am not a cory expert.

 

[Kiara1125]

It's cute!! I would say that it's a bandit cory, idk if it's false or not...

 

[SlateSpider]

Reminds me of the false killer whale...

 

[Kiara1125]

Randomness.......

 

[SlateSpider]

Hmm, sure.

 

[Lotus]

There are ID pics of the bandit and false bandit here: Corydoras metae • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish • PlanetCatfish.com and here Corydoras melini • Callichthyidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish • PlanetCatfish.com