Pink corydoras

Pink corydoras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
Species:
C. axelrodi
Binomial name
Corydoras axelrodi
Rössel, 1962

The pink corydoras (Corydoras axelrodi) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in South America, and is found in the Meta River basin in Colombia. A maximum body length of 4.2 cm has been reported.[2] It was named in honor of pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927–2017), who helped collect type series and sent it to the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Villa-Navarro, F.; DoNascimiento, C.; Mojica, J.I.; Rodríguez-Olarte, D.; Taphorn, D.C.; Herrera-Collazos, E.E. (2021). "Corydoras axelrodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Corydoras axelrodi". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  3. ^ 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 27 February 2021.


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