- Scientific name: Corydoras schwartzi
- Common name: Schwartz's Cory
- Group: Catfishes
- Habitat: South America; Brazil in the Rio Purus drainage
- Size: 5-6 cm
- Biotope: Inhabits in small tributaries, creeks, areas of flooded forest and sand banks.
- Social behavior: Peaceful, schooling fish, an ideal community catfish.
- Diet: Omnivorous, live foods of all kinds. Frozen and dry food are accepted as well.
- Breeding: Hard
- Tank: Minimum 60 litres
- Population: 4-6 fish for 75 litres
- Decoration: Requires a sand or small gravel substrate and prefers a planted tank. Add a few driftwood branches or twisted roots. They need a good amount of open swimming room on the bottom.
- Temperature: 22-26°C
- pH: 6-7,5.
- Hardness: 4-19 NK°
- Lifespan: 5-15 years
Description: Schwartz's Cory is a pale tan/gray fish with several narrow black, horizontal broken lines across the body, broken vertical bands on the tail and a thick black vertical band that passes through the eye.
Females have a larger underbelly, when viewed from above, and males are also smaller. Has occasionally been bred in the aquarium; breeding follows the usual Cory formula. Spawns in pairs or groups, having more than one male (2 males and one female) increases chances of spawning. Condition the group on a varied diet of live and frozen foods. When the females are visibly full of eggs perform a large (50-70%) water change with cooler water, and increase oxygenation and flow in the tank. Eggs deposited around the tank, on glass and plants. The eggs hatch in 3-5 days. Once the fry have used up their yolk sacs they should be fed on microworm or Artemia nauplii.