Corydoras eques

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Corydoras eques.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Corydoras

| species = eques

| authority = Steindachner, 1877

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Corydoras eques, the horseman's cory catfish or true eques cory,{{Cite web |title=Horseman's Cory Catfish (Corydoras eques), Tank-Bred! – Aquatic Arts on sale today for $ 111.59 {{!}} |url=https://aquaticarts.com/products/horsemans-cory-catfish |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=aquaticarts.com |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129234310/https://aquaticarts.com/products/horsemans-cory-catfish |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=True Eques Cory (Corydoras Eques) |url=https://www.aqua-imports.com/product/true-eques-cory-corydoras-eques/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Aqua Imports |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129234311/https://www.aqua-imports.com/product/true-eques-cory-corydoras-eques/ |url-status=live }} is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae. It was first described by Austrian zoologist Franz Steindachner.{{Cite web |title=ScotCat Factsheets: October 2013: Corydoras eques Steindachner, 1877 |url=https://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/corydoras_eques.htm |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.scotcat.com |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129234313/https://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/corydoras_eques.htm |url-status=live }} It is native to the Brazilian Amazon basin.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-07 |title=Corydoras eques {{!}} Cory Database |url=https://corydoras.zone/cory/corydoras-eques/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=corydoras.zone |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129171417/https://corydoras.zone/cory/corydoras-eques/ |url-status=live }} The name eques means knight in Latin.{{Cite web |title=Corydoras eques |url=https://aquainfo.org/corydoras-eques-horsemans-cory/ |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=aquainfo.org |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201165058/https://aquainfo.org/corydoras-eques-horsemans-cory/ |url-status=live }}