''Corydoras eques'', the horseman's cory catfish or true eques cory, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae of the family

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. It was first described by Austrian zoologist

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. It is native to the Brazilian Amazon basin. The name ''eques'' means knight in Latin.

Life cycle

The male fertilizes the female's 2–4 eggs between her pelvic fins for around 30 seconds. Only then does the female swim to a suitable location and attach the very adhesive eggs. The couple continues doing this until around 100 eggs have been fertilized and connected.Baensch, R. A., and R. Riehl. "Aquarien Atlas. Band. 1." (1991).

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1767186 eques Fish of the Amazon basin Endemic fish of Brazil Fish described in 1877