Corydoras fulleri

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| taxon = Corydoras fulleri

| authority = Tencatt, Evers, H-G & Britto 2021.

| synonyms = C115, C116

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Corydoras fulleri, formerly identified as C116/115,{{Cite book|last=Fuller|first=Ian A. M.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61878410|title=Identifying corydoradinae catfish : Aspidoras-Brochis-Corydoras-Scleromystax & C-numbers|date=2005|publisher=Ian Fuller Enterprises|others=Hans-Georg Evers|isbn=0-9540872-2-4|location=Kidderminster|oclc=61878410}} is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae native to South America where it is found in two tributaries of the río Manuripe and a tributary of the río Madre de Dios, rio Madeira basin, Peru.{{Cite journal|last1=Tencatt|first1=Luiz Fernando Caserta|last2=Santos|first2=Sérgio Alexandre dos|last3=Evers|first3=Hans-Georg|last4=Britto|first4=Marcelo R.|title=Corydoras fulleri (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae), a new catfish species from the rio Madeira basin, Peru|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jfb.14750|journal=Journal of Fish Biology|year=2021|volume=99|issue=2|pages=614–628|language=en|doi=10.1111/jfb.14750|pmid=33837549|bibcode=2021JFBio..99..614T |s2cid=233200704|issn=1095-8649|url-access=subscription}} It lives in a tropical climate in water with a temperature range of {{convert|22|-|26|C|F}}.

Corydoras fulleri is distinctive owing to it having two pores within its supraorbital canal, three series of teeth on the upper tooth plate of the branchial arch, and, a small fleshy flap at the corner of the mouth, ventral to the maxillary barbel. It has a well developed and conical snout which frames a slightly concaved head shape from the tip of the snout to the anterior nares. Males will grow in length up to {{convert|7|cm|in|abbr=off}}, while females will reach around {{convert|7.5|cm|in|abbr=off}}.{{Cite web|title=Corydoras fulleri Tencatt, Santos, Evers & Britto 2021|url=https://www.scotcat.com/callichthyidae/c_fulleri.htm|access-date=2021-07-31|website=www.scotcat.com}}

It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, insects, and plant matter.

Etymology

Corydoras fulleri is named in honour of Ian Fuller, an aquarist and owner of Corydoras World, a website and knowledge base dedicated to corydoradine catfish.

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