Cory ID please

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TechnoFreek
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Hey guys, anyone confirm what type of cory these are?

Pygmy?

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They are indeed Corydoras Pygmaeus/Pygmy Cory.
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It’s not pygmaeus. It’s Corydoras sp. C126, often missold as pygmaeus. Lineage 5. C. pygmaeus is lineage 4, different shape.
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black ghost wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:36 am It’s not pygmaeus. It’s Corydoras sp. C126, often missold as pygmaeus. Lineage 5. C. pygmaeus is lineage 4, different shape.
Aren't C126 around twice the size of pygmeus?
Do yours have a gold flash along the top of the lateral line that hasn't shown up in the pic? If so they probably are pygmeus, otherwise they are probably young C126 or bilineatus.
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plankton wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 13:19 pm
Aren't C126 around twice the size of pygmeus?
Yes, juveniles with a bit of growing and some pattern changing to do. The ID came from Ian Fuller. They’re definitely not pygmaeus.

Edit... either C126 or C. napoensis, according to Ian.
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plankton wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 13:19 pm
black ghost wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:36 am It’s not pygmaeus. It’s Corydoras sp. C126, often missold as pygmaeus. Lineage 5. C. pygmaeus is lineage 4, different shape.
Aren't C126 around twice the size of pygmeus?
Do yours have a gold flash along the top of the lateral line that hasn't shown up in the pic? If so they probably are pygmeus, otherwise they are probably young C126 or bilineatus.
They have a yellow ish triangle patch at the top of the head just before the fin.
Will try get a pic
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black ghost wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 13:47 pm
plankton wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 13:19 pm
Aren't C126 around twice the size of pygmeus?
Yes, juveniles with a bit of growing and some pattern changing to do. The ID came from Ian Fuller. They’re definitely not pygmaeus.

Edit... either C126 or C. napoensis, according to Ian.
If Ian's done the id then I'd go with that. ;)
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