Brochis virginiae

Brochis virginiae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Callichthyidae
Genus:	Brochis
Species:	B. virginiae
Binomial name
Brochis virginiae (Burgess, 1993) [2]
Synonyms [2]
Corydoras virginiaeBurgess, 1993

Brochis virginiae, the Miguelito cory, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging the family Callichthyidae, the armored catfishes, and the subfamily Corydoradinae, the corys. ^[2] This species is found in Peru. ^{[3] [4]}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Virginia Schwartz, the wife of aquarium-fish exporter Adolfo Schwartz, who collected the type specimen. ^[5]

References

1. Hidalgo del Aguila, M.; Velasquez, M. & Chocano, L. (2016). "Corydoras virginiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T49830459A53818383. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830459A53818383.en . Retrieved 19 September 2025.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Brochis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 6 December 2025.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Corydoras virginiae". FishBase . May 2019 version.
4. Germán Augusto Murrieta Morey; Fiama Madrid Floríndez (October 2018). "Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pintoi (Kohn and Fernandes, 1988) (Nematoda: Camallanidae) infecting species of Callichthyidae from the Peruvian Amazon". Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. 38 (6): 258–262. Retrieved 9 May 2019– via ResearchGate.
5. Christopher Scharpf (5 December 2025). "Family CALLICHTHYIDAE Bonaparte 1835 (Armored Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 6 December 2025.