Burgess's cory

Care at a glance

Overview

Keep Burgess's cories in a group of six or more over smooth sand in soft, acidic water around 22 to 26 C. They do best in a shaded, tannin stained tank with calm tankmates. Feed sinking pellets and small frozen foods such as bloodworm.

In the wild

Burgess's cory lives in soft, acidic blackwater near Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira on the upper Rio Negro. It forages over sand among leaf litter and roots in slow, tannin stained water. Groups gather in shaded areas near cover.

Good to know

This is a member of the adolfoi group and is easily confused with the adolfoi and duplicate cories. A broad black band crosses the head through the eyes, with a pale nape patch and a dark blotch below and into the dorsal fin. The 2024 revision moved it to the genus Hoplisoma as Hoplisoma burgessi.

Did you know

The species is named after ichthyologist Warren Burgess and belongs to the same lookalike group as the adolfoi cory.

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