Species Profile:  Hoplisoma coppenamense

Common Name:  Coppename Cory

Photo by:  Nadia Chew (@species_with.nadiaa)

Description

Part of a tight complex of visually similar Guiana Shield species alongside H. bondi and H. sipaliwini, historically confused with one another; H. coppenamense is generally regarded as the most attractive of the three.

Category:   Catfish

Global Region:   South America

Distribution:   Coppename River drainage, Suriname

 

Aquarists keeping this Species

groverlee: Hoplisoma coppenamense