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Origin:South-America, Brazil, Rondonia, creek in the Rio Vilcanota system.
Etymology: After J. P. Gosse.
Synonyms:None.
First import:C. Kalinowski, 1949.
Description:See
picture.
Care:A 60 cm tank with good filtration, although no strong current is neccessary for the animals well-being.
Temperature:20-26
Feeding:Wildcaught specimens are very shy and easily scared fish. If you decide to keep them in a community tank make sure they get enough to eat
Size:5.5 cm
pH: 6.5-7.0 Hardness: 2-15
Breeding:Feed lots of live food(artemia, daphnia, mosquitolarvae) for one or two weeks. Do a 40-50% waterchange with aged water which should reduce the watertemperature 5 degrees or more, temperatures of 16 degrees are not a problem. . Do this every other day for a period, until they start to breed. Large eggs are produced. As described in the general section this may just be a seasonal issue.
Sexual dimorphism:Males are shorter and smaller than the females.
Prices:Netherlands 5-9 Euro for normal fish.
Additional:
Picture references: All pictures E. Naus
References:Lambourne, D. ((1995): Corydoras catfish, An Aquarist's Handbook. Blandford, London, UK.