What is Corydoras panda?
{{Speciesbox | name = Panda corydoras | image = Panda Corydoras.jpg | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite journal |author1=Hidalgo del Aguila, M.|author2=Velasquez, M.|author3=Chocano, L. | title=''Corydoras panda''| journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2016|publisher = [[IUCN]] | year = 2016 | page = e.T49830400A53818288| url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/49830400/0|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830400A53818288.en| access-date = 23 November 2017}}</ref> | genus = Corydoras | species = panda | authority = [[Han Nijssen|Nijssen]] & [[Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker|Isbrücker]], 1971 }} '''''Corydoras panda''''' is a species of [[catfish]]. It is in the genus ''[[Corydoras]]'', which is in the family [[Callichthyidae]]. ''Corydoras panda'' lives in rivers in [[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]]. The species was first collected by Randolph H. Richards in 1968. It was named ''Corydoras panda'' by Nijssen and Isbrücker in 1971. It is called ''Corydoras panda'' because the black stripes around its eyes look similar to the eyes of the [[giant panda]]. The common names for this fish are '''panda corydoras''' and '''panda catfish'''. ''Corydoras panda'' is a popular species to keep in [[aquarium|aquariums]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} *Lambourne, Derek: ''Corydoras Catfish – An Aquarist's Handbook'' (Blandford Press, 128pp., {{ISBN|0-7137-2367-X}}) *{{FishBase species | genus = Corydoras | species = panda | year = 2011 | month = December}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q387817}} [[Category:Catfish]] [[Category:Freshwater fish]] [[Category:Aquarium fish]]