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Callichthyidae (Callichthyid armored catfishes) > Corydoradinae
Etymology: Corydoras: Greek, kory = helmet + greek, doras = skin (Ref. 45335); knaacki: Named for Dr. Joachim Knaack, an amateur ichthyologist and aquarist who devoted over 60 years of his life for the study of South American catfishes, especially Corydoras. A genitive noun.
Eponymy: Joachim Knaack (1933–2012) was a German physician, biologist, amateur ichthyologist and aquarist, who devoted more than 60 years of his life to the study of South American catfishes, especially Corydoras. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Río Madre de Dios basin, Peru.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 121196)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Corydoras knaacki is distinguished from its congeners by having the following combination of characters: a longitudinal black stripe along midline of flank; short mesethmoid, with anterior portion smaller than 50% of the bone length; serrations on posterior margin of pectoral spine directed towards the tip of the spine; dorsal fin with the region of the first branched ray, including membrane, with black pigmentation, the remaining areas with irregular black blotches; lacking a vertically elongated black blotch across the eyes; snout with conspicuously rounded moderately-developed black spots; and ventral expansion of infraorbital 1 moderately developed (Ref. 121196).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274)
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Tencatt, L.F.C. and H.-G. Evers, 2016. A new species of Corydoras Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the río Madre de Dios basin, Peru. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 14(1) e150019:1-14. (Ref. 121196)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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