Corydoras virginiae
| Corydoras virginiae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Callichthyidae |
| Genus: | Corydoras |
| Species: | C. virginiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Corydoras virginiae , 1993
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Corydoras virginiae, the Miguelito cory, is a species of armored catfish from the family Callichthyidae, found commonly in Peru.[1][2]
The fish is named in honor of Virginia Schwartz, the wife of aquarium-fish exporter who collected the type specimen.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Corydoras virginiae summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Procamallanus Spirocamallanus pintoi Kohn and Fernandes 1988 Nematoda Camallanidae infecting species of Callichthyidae from the Peruvian Amazon" (PDF). www.researchgate.net. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Categories:
- Corydoras
- Taxa named by Warren E. Burgess
- Fish described in 1993
- Callichthyidae stubs