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Photo by Ian Fuller

Cories are like the Trimma gobies of the tropical freshwater scene in that there is a bountiful variety of these (generally) pint-sized bottom dwellers.

It’s been more than five years since the last new cory was described.  In 2014, two new Cordydoras, both from Southern Brazil, were described.

Corydoras gryphus

(top and right photo)

C.gryphus is the third Corydoras (the other two being C. longipinnis and C. tukano) to exhibit sexual dimorphism with an elogated dorsal fin.  This species is described in a paper published by the Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia / Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul:
http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/niv12n01/niv12n01artigo%2007.pdf

Corydoras lacrimostigmata

(photo below)

C.lacrimostigmata (we love this name) is nearly identical to Corydoras flaveolus except for a few morphological differences such as the snout and minor fin variation. This species is described in a paper published by the Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia / Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul:
http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/niv12n01/niv12n01artigo%2009.pdf

A reported Corydoras lacrimostigma.  Photo by Marco Antônio Deprá

Why do aquarist love cories so much? Besides their weirdo behaviour of playing dead when resting, here’s why:

A clowder of cory cats probably up to no good (via zimzibar @ reddit/r/Aquariums)