Emerald catfish

Emerald catfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Corydoras
Species:	C. splendens
Binomial name
	Corydoras splendens; (Castelnau, 1855)
Synonyms
	Callichthys splendens Castelnau, 1855 ; Brochis splendens (Castelnau, 1855) ; Callichthys taiosh Castelnau, 1855 ; Brochis dipterus Cope, 1872 ; Corydoras semiscutatus Cope, 1872 ; Brochis coeruleus Cope, 1872 ; Chaenothorax bicarinatus Cope, 1878 ; Chaenothorax eigenmanni M. D. Ellis, 1913 ;

The emerald catfish (Corydoras splendens) is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the family Callichthyidae native to the Amazon Basin in South America.^[1] It has traditionally been known as Brochis splendens.^[2] The fish has appeared on a stamp in Brazil.^[3]

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Corydoras splendens" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
^ Cite error: The named reference Alderton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ FishBase: Gibbons, S., 1999 Collect fish on stamps.

[fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Corydoras splendens" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

[Alderton-2] Cite error: The named reference Alderton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] FishBase: Gibbons, S., 1999 Collect fish on stamps.

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