Caramater cory
Corydoras caramater
Also known as Xingu long-snout cory, Luiza Cory
Care at a glance
- Temperature
- 75–82°F (24–28°C)
- pH
- 5.8–7.2
- Adult size
- 2.2 in (5.5 cm)
- Minimum tank
- 20 gal (75 L)
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social behavior
- Shoaling
- Swim level
- Bottom
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Breeding
- No record
- Rarity
- Rare
- Origin
- Rio Xingu and Rio Tapajos basins, Para, Brazil
- Family
- Callichthyidae
Overview
Keep six or more over sand in 75 liters with oxygen-rich water; long-snouted corys forage deeper into the substrate than round-nosed ones and appreciate open floor. Sinking granules and frozen foods cover the menu. As a 2024 description it has no aquarium breeding record yet, and even import numbers are tiny.
In the wild
Corydoras caramater comes from clearwater tributaries of the Xingu and Tapajos in Para, Brazil, where it works sand banks in warm, well-oxygenated water. Keep it over fine sand with rounded stones and wood, decent flow, and water at 24 to 28 degrees Celsius with pH 5.8 to 7.2.
Good to know
This is one of the newest corys in the hobby, described in 2024 by Tencatt and colleagues in the same wave of work that reorganized the whole subfamily. It reaches about 5.5 centimeters and keeps the long-snouted build of Corydoras in the strict modern sense, the lineage the revised genus name is reserved for.
Did you know
Described in 2024, this fish went from unknown to science to swimming in hobby tanks in barely a year.
Tank mates
Caramater cory is a peaceful, shoaling species that keeps to the bottom. These picks match on water type, temperature, pH, size and temperament.
Forktail spiny loach
Lepidocephalichthys furcatusFreshwater2.4 in (6 cm)20 gal (75 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
Hoigne's dwarf cichlid
Apistogramma hoigneiFreshwater3 in (7.5 cm)20 gal (75 L)75–84°F (24–29°C)
Blue panchax
Aplocheilus panchaxFreshwater3.5 in (9 cm)20 gal (75 L)72–82°F (22–28°C)
Garnet tetra
Hemigrammus pulcherFreshwater1.8 in (4.5 cm)20 gal (75 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
Colombian Tetra
Hyphessobrycon columbianusFreshwater2.6 in (6.5 cm)20 gal (75 L)73–82°F (23–28°C)
Cochu's blue tetra
Boehlkea fredcochuiFreshwater2.2 in (5.5 cm)20 gal (75 L)72–82°F (22–28°C)
Common questions
What size tank does a Caramater cory need?
A Caramater cory needs at least 20 gal (75 L). It spends most of its time in the bottom.
What temperature and pH do Caramater cory need?
Caramater cory are comfortable at 75–82°F (24–28°C) with a pH of 5.8–7.2.
How big do Caramater cory get?
An adult Caramater cory reaches about 2.2 in (5.5 cm).
Do Caramater cory need a group?
Yes. Caramater cory are a shoaling species and should be kept in a group, not singly.
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Freshwater fish · Corydoras · Schooling fish · Community fish · Bottom dwellers
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