Corydoras for adoption

Hello! I am a Cory catfish researcher at the University of Maryland, and I am currently seeking adopters for ~55 wild caught Corydoras catfish whose behavior I have finished studying. My only concern is that the fish go to good aquarium homes- ideally, adopters would be able to take at least 6 fish (although fewer is possible if other Corydoras species are also being kept). They are healthy and active fish that have been cleared by the university vet for adoption; they have laid eggs multiple times, and our population has grown without much effort on our part. They have a variety of markings (from simple aeneus-style black patches to more elaboration pigmentation) and we have both wild-caught and first generation individuals.

A little more information: I study social behavior and communication in Cory catfish (I was honored to give a talk at the January PVAS meeting about my research). I have recently completed behavioral observations on a new species of Corydoras catfish from the Rio Guaviare, a tributary of the Orinoco along the Colombia/Venezuela border. They were sold to me in December 2020 as Corydoras aeneus, but my team's genetic analysis revealed that these fish are in fact not Corydoras aeneus at all, but from a totally different lineage! I will be able to provide more information about their genetics when we finish the molecular side of that analysis.

Please get in touch if you are interested in adopting any of these fish; they can be adopted straight away, and I am very happy to answer any further questions. They are located in College Park at the University of Maryland, but I can meet adopters further afield halfway.

Thank you!

Riva Riley