Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae Callichthyid armored catfishes
Subfamily: Corydoradinae
Genus: Hoplisoma

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9 species (see list below)
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Photo by JJPhoto

South America
Max. Length 3 cm SL
Hoplisoma acrense (Nijssen, 1972)
Photo by JJPhoto
 
Hoplisoma acrense
[Acre corydoras]
Photo by Hoffmann, P. and M. Hoffmann

South America
Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
Hoplisoma adolfoi (Burgess, 1982)
Photo by Hoffmann, P. and M. Hoffmann
 
Hoplisoma adolfoi
[Adolf's catfish]
Photo by JJPhoto

South America
Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
Hoplisoma albolineatum (Knaack, 2004)
Photo by JJPhoto
 
Hoplisoma albolineatum
[White stripe cory]
No picture found
 
Hoplisoma amphibelum
[Mystery cory]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm SL
 
Hoplisoma apiaka
[Arinos cory]
Photo by JJPhoto

South America
Max. Length 3.9 cm SL
Hoplisoma araguaiaense (Sands, 1990)
Photo by JJPhoto
 
Hoplisoma araguaiaense
[Araguaia cory]
Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

South America
Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
Hoplisoma armatum (Günther, 1868)
Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
 
Hoplisoma armatum
[Sail cory]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.4 cm SL
 
Hoplisoma granti
Photo by Tencatt, L.F.C. et al., 2025

South America
Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
Hoplisoma tenebrosum Tencatt, Ohara, Carvalho, Grant & Britto, 2025
Photo by Tencatt, L.F.C. et al., 2025
 
Hoplisoma tenebrosum


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Hoplisoma acrense Acre corydoras South America 3 SL 1972
Hoplisoma adolfoi Adolf's catfish South America 5.7 SL 1982
Hoplisoma albolineatum White stripe cory South America 3.7 SL 2004
Hoplisoma amphibelum Mystery cory South America 1872
Hoplisoma apiaka Arinos cory South America 3.9 SL 2014
Hoplisoma araguaiaense Araguaia cory South America 3.9 SL 1990
Hoplisoma armatum Sail cory South America 5.2 SL 1868
Hoplisoma granti South America 5.4 SL 2019
Hoplisoma tenebrosum South America 5.5 SL 2025



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