Banded Cory

Scleromystax est un genre de poissons-chats d'eau douce.

The banded corydoras or bearded catfish (Scleromystax barbatus) is a subtropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family Callichthyidae. It originates in coastal drainages in South America from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina, Brazil. Taxonomy It was originally described as Callichthys barbatus by Jean René Constant Quoy & Joseph Paul Gaimard in 1824, from which it was transferred to genus Corydoras as Corydoras barbatus, a name which by which it is still being referred to in the aquarium industry.

Scleromystax barbatus es una especie de pez de la familia Callichthyidae en el orden de los Siluriformes. Morfología El macho puede llegar a alcanzar los 9,8 cm de longitud total. ​​ Tiene un cuerpo alargado y cubierto con dos hileras de placas óseas.