Corydoras pulcher
Breeding Corydoras pulcher Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1973 by Johannes Graf
There may be no other Corydoras that is so often misidentified than Corydoras pulcher. About half of the pictures on the Internet show the wrong fish. Misidentifications occur with some of the several forms of C. schwartzi (which is living in the same area, the Rio Purus), but also with C 141 and others. For correct pictures refer to (Fuller & Evers 2005). C. pulcher is a big (7-8 cm) Cory with an elongated white first dorsal spine, a long snout and a longitudinal body pattern.
When I had the possibility to obtain ten adult pulcher, I had no reason to doubt that transporting this species would be a very unhealthy thing. They are very fast and ran against the glass when catching. In the bag they swim against the plastic film and get bloody snouts.
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Johannes Graf
Born 1964, the fish passion started at the age of 10 when I obtained my first Aquarium from my Grandfather. After the usual beginner times the first focus was onDwarf Cichlids. For the last 10 years I have been keeping and breeding a wide variety of Rainbow fishes from Australia and New Guinea. They are accompanied by more than 20 Corydoras species which are ideal tank companions. Keeping and breeding Corydoras therefore became a equal part in my hobby.