upperend of the coldwater range.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: NorthernArgentina and southern Brazil.
SIZE: Up to 7.5 cm (3 in).
WATER PREFERENCES: Not critical, but notacid. Temperature: 18-23°C (64.5-73.5°F)preferred, but higher temperatures tolerated,within reason.
DIET: All foods, particularly worms.
BREEDING: As for Corydoras aeneus.
DESCRIPTION: This peacefulshoaler is available in various wild-typecolour patterns and in a commercial albinoform (which is rarer than the correspondingC. aeneus one).
COMMON NAMES: Peppered Catfish,Peppered Corydoras