Corydoras_virginiae

<i>Corydoras virginiae</i>

Corydoras virginiae

Species of fish

Corydoras virginiae, the Miguelito cory, is a species of armored catfish from the family Callichthyidae, found commonly in Peru.[1][2]

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Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Virginia Schwartz, the wife of aquarium-fish exporter Adolfo Schwartz who collected the type specimen.[3]


References

  1. [1]
    "Corydoras virginiae summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Procamallanus Spirocamallanus pintoi Kohn and Fernandes 1988 Nematoda Camallanidae infecting species of Callichthyidae from the Peruvian Amazon" (PDF). www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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