Animal Diversity Web

Corydoras melanistius

Black-spotted corydoras

(Also: Blacksail corydoras; Dotted corydoras; Guiana corydoras; Spotted catfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Siluriformes
        
        Family Callichthyidae (Callichthyid armored catfishes)
        
        Genus Corydoras
        
        Species Corydoras melanistius (Black-spotted corydoras)