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Corydoras diphyes

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Corydoras diphyes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Corydoras
Species:
C. diphyes
Binomial name
Corydoras diphyes

Corydoras diphyes is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in inland waters in South America. Corydoras diphyes is restricted to tributaries of the río Monday and the río Acaray, and right bank tributaries of the río Paraná in Paraguay.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Corydoras diphyes". fishbase.mnhn.fr.
  2. ^ Axenrot, Thomas E., and Sven O. Kullander. "Corydoras diphyes (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) and Otocinclus mimulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), two new species of catfishes from Paraguay, a case of mimetic association." Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 14.3 (2003): 249-272.