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| Corydoras britskii (Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983) |
Britski's catfish (Corydoras britskii) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 Freshwater is a word that refers to bodies of water such as Ponds lakes rivers and streams containing low concentrations of dissolved Salts and other Total dissolved Fish are aquatic Vertebrate animals that are typically ectothermic (previously Cold-blooded) covered with scales, and equipped with two Callichthyidae is a family of Catfishes ( order Siluriformes called armored catfishes due to the two rows of bony plates (or scutes running It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the upper Paraguay River basin in Brazil. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a The Paraguay River ( Río Paraguay in Spanish, Rio Paraguai in Portuguese) is a major River in south central South America |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld It was originally described by Nijssen & Isbrücker in 1983. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
This species has long been classified as Brochis britskii. However, Brochis has been synonymized with Corydoras. In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Members of the South American Corydoras Genus are Freshwater Temperate and Tropical Catfish in the armored catfish [1]
The fish has a high number of dorsal fin rays (15-18) when compared with Corydoras species. Members of the South American Corydoras Genus are Freshwater Temperate and Tropical Catfish in the armored catfish It has a shorter snout than C. splendens and C. multiradiatus, a larger eye, grows to a larger size, and has its head covered ventrally by a large shield extending beyond the tip of the mental barbels. The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved A barbel on a Fish is a slender whiskerlike tactile organ near the Mouth. It will grow in length up to 8. 8 centimeters (3. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth 5 inches). Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches.
It lives in a tropical climate in water with a temperature range of 20 - 24 °C (68 - 75 °F). The Tropics are centered on the Equator and limited in Latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately 23°26' (23 The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, insects, and plant matter. A worm is a common name given to a diverse group of invertebrate animals that have a long soft body and no legs The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a Body of water such as an Ocean or a Lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface Structure of crustaceans As Arthropods crustaceans have a stiff Exoskeleton, which must be shed to allow the animal to grow ( Ecdysis or molting Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. It lays eggs in dense vegetation and adults do not guard the eggs.
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References
- ^ Britto, Marcelo R. A vast number of species of Fish have been successfully kept in the home Aquarium. (December 2003). "Phylogeny of the subfamily Corydoradinae Hoedeman, 1952 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), with a definition of its genera" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 153: 119–154. doi:. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document.
- "Brochis britskii". FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. March 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.
- Burgess, Dr. Warren E. (1987). A Complete Introduction to Corydoras and Related Catfishes. Neptune City, NJ: T. F. H. Publications. ISBN 0-86622-264-2.
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