Billaney Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hi Guys From what i have read and heard there seems to be great confusion between these two corydoras species, now i've come to to conclusion that the differance seems to be on the head markings , dots rather than lines but all the books i've got and internet referances i can find controdict each other. Can anyone tell from there not great photo's which these are ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 I would say these are C. trilineatus, as they have 'patterns' on the head, unlike the Julii that has spots. (So I have been told) I've been told the same Mystic but if you look in the Axelrod mini atlas pages 435 & 436 there are two pictures of the trilineatus and one has spots and one has lines , hence my confusion. :roll: :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Yikes!! Don't go on Axelrod as a tru reference. I saw a pic of the Lace gourami UPSIDE down in his book. There are lots of other errors as well, but that was the most amusing. I use it as a general reference only. I would think Caryl with her B books, would be able to help out here. Maybe she could do a scan of them both and put them up here for reference. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 OK. I recall a cory breeder explaining the difference to me a few years back. Most of the "similars" that we see are either C.trilineatus or C. leopardus. He told me that the true C. julli have got "scriggles" on it's head. If you go to this site http://www.petresources.net/fish/catfish/cor_jul.html you will see what I mean by "scriggles" Hope this helps. As asked before, see if you can get some good head shots showing the marks Paul. Now if you go to this site http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/c_trilineatus.htm you'll see that what I just said above is wrong. I really do think that the C. julli is the finer spotted one as in the last link. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Thanks for the input , so from these new photo's i'd say they was Trilineatus , would you agree ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 Way ta go Paul. You sure as hell don't muck around with taking pics do ya. Definately NOT C. julli. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 so when will these start breeding for ya?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 so when will these start breeding for ya?? Yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 C. trilineatus for sure mate. and good stuff on breeding them. can i have some of your water please..i am having problems breeding my plecos..you cannot say no cos i asked you nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted November 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 C. trilineatus for sure mate. and good stuff on breeding them. can i have some of your water please..i am having problems breeding my plecos..you cannot say no cos i asked you nicely there is a tap full here come help yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 :lol: sweet i am comming to wellington on the 9th december to see my girlfriend.. will bring a tank. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Yep definitely C. Trilineatus. Phil NZdiscusman had some proper julii's for sale on TM maybe look up expired listings you'll see the spots on the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Shot Mystic. Nice price too for wild juliis... almost all shops sell them as juliis when they're almost always trilineatus :roll: Let me own a LFS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 This is a true C. julii, I had both species at the time. The pic is the 1 I used on the maf sheets last year. He was an old fish so sadly I no longer have him. Here's a link to larger pic.. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/s ... dium-2.jpg You may also notice that C. julli are not as dark as the C. trilineatus, but there is conjecture that different populations can be dark or light in both species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted November 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Thanks everyone , I think it can safely be said mine are Trilineatus and thats all good there great little guys and I'm very happy with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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