Brachyrhamdia imitator

The Brachyrhamdia imitator lives in the demersal, freshwater, pH range: 6.0 - 7.5, dH range: 18 environment.

Brachyrhamdia imitator Myers, 1927 - add this species to your "My Cats" page. Common Name(s) False Cory Type Locality Caño de Quiribana near Caicara, Venezuela. More

Brachyrhamdia imitatorThe water in the aquarium was around the 6.6 pH mark, hardness unknown, but local tapwater is quite soft. A week after the addition of the C. melanistius brevirostris the Corydoras started to clean plant leaves and sections of glass. More

I have found a local source of brachyrhamdia imitator and was wondering about them. Would one of these be happy with a school of corydoras? I can't find anywhere on the net that says whether or not these are schooling fish. I know they mimic C. More

Common names

Imitatorwels in German (Deutsch)
仿小油鯰 in Mandarin Chinese
仿小油鲶 in Mandarin Chinese
短枝鯰 in Mandarin Chinese
短枝鲶 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Siluriformes
Family : Heptapteridae
Genus : Brachyrhamdia
Species : Brachyrhamdia imitator
Authority : Myers, 1927