Corydoras hephaestus Ohara, Tencatt & Britto, 2016
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Corydoras hephaestus Ohara, Tencatt & Britto, 2016
- Name authority
- Ohara, Tencatt & Britto, 2016
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Callichthyidae
- Genus
- Corydoras
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyCallichthyidae Bonaparte, 1835
- subfamilyCorydoradinae Hoedeman, 1952
- genusCorydoras Lacepède, 1803
- speciesCorydoras hephaestus Ohara, Tencatt & Britto, 2016
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Corydoras. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Corydoras vittatus Nijssen, 1971 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras hastatus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1888 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras acutus Cope, 1872 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras araguaiaensis Sands, 1990 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras amphibelus Cope, 1872 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras solox Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1983 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras cochui Myers & Weitzman, 1954 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras bilineatus Knaack, 2002 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras ambiacus Cope, 1872 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras albolineatus Knaack, 2004 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras steindachneri Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1973 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corydoras loretoensis Nijssen & Isbrücker, 1986 | CallichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ohara, W. M., Tencatt, L. F. C., & Britto, M. R. (2016). Wrapped in flames: Corydoras hephaestus, a new remarkably colored species from the Rio Madeira basin (Teleostei: Callichthyidae). Zootaxa, 4170. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4170.3.7 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D5G5K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.