sixray corydoras

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| taxon = Corydoras pauciradiatus

| authority = (S. H. Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970)

| synonyms = *Corydoras pauciradiatus S. H. Weitzman & Nijssen, 1970{{cite journal |last1=Weitzman |first1=S. H. |last2=Nijssen |first2=H. |title=Four new species and one new subspecies of the catfish genus Corydoras from Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil (Pisces, Siluriformes, Callichthyidae) |url=https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/504794 |journal=Beaufortia |access-date=7 February 2023 |pages=119–132 |language=en |date=1 January 1970|volume=18 |issue=233 }}

• Aspidoras pauciradiatus W. E. Burgess, 1992{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=W.E. |title=Colored atlas of miniature catfish. Every species of Corydoras, Brochis and Aspidoras. |date=1992 |publisher=T.F.H. Publications, Inc., USA. |page=224}}

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The sixray corydoras (Corydoras pauciradiatus) {{cite journal |last1=Tencatt |first1=Luiz Fernando Caserta |last2=Britto |first2=Marcelo R. |last3=Isbrücker |first3=Isaäc Jan Hendrik |last4=Pavanelli |first4=Carla Simone |title=Taxonomy of the armored catfish genus Aspidoras (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) revisited, with the description of a new species |journal=Neotropical Ichthyology |language=en |doi=10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0040 |date=14 October 2022|volume=20 |issue=3 |s2cid=252980979 |doi-access=free }} or false corydoras is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the upper Araguaia River basin in Brazil.

The fish will grow in length up to {{convert|2.9|cm|in|abbr=off}}. It lives in a tropical climate in water with a pH of 6.0 – 7.2, a water hardness of 12 dGH, and a temperature range of {{convert|22|-|25|C|F}}. It feeds on worms, benthic crustaceans, insects, and plant matter. It lays eggs in dense vegetation and adults do not guard the eggs.

The sixray corydoras is of commercial importance in the aquarium trade industry.