Leopard cory

Care at a glance

Overview

Keep leopard cories in a group of six or more over soft sand at 22 to 26 C in soft, slightly acidic water. They are peaceful, active foragers that use open space at the front of the tank. Feed sinking pellets and small frozen foods such as bloodworm and daphnia.

In the wild

The leopard cory forages over sand in clear and slightly stained tributaries of the western Amazon. The water is warm, soft and gently acidic. Groups work the open bottom near submerged wood and leaf litter.

Good to know

Its pale body is covered with small dark leopard like spots and it has a noticeably long, pointed snout. That snout shape is the quickest way to separate it from the similar three line cory. The 2024 revision moved it to the genus Brochis as Brochis leopardus.

Did you know

The leopard cory looks almost identical to the three line cory but has a much longer, more pointed snout.

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  Peppered cory

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• Long nosed arched cory

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