Xingu corydoras

"C107" redirects here. For the International Labour Organization Convention, C107, see Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention, 1957.
This article is about a tropical fish. For other uses, see Xingu.

Xingu corydoras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Callichthyidae
Genus: Hoplisoma
Species:
H. xinguense
Binomial name
Hoplisoma xinguense
(Nijssen, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Corydoras xinguensis Nijssen, 1972

The Xingu corydoras (Hoplisoma xinguense) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Corydoradinae, the corys, of the family Callichthyidae, the armoured catfishes. This catfish is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Xingu drainage system in Pará and Mato Grosso.

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