Author: Axenrot & Kullander, 2003
FBname: Variable cory
Comments: Usually occurs in areas with sandy bottom, bank vegetation entering water or with marginal aquatic plants, dark, clear or slightly turbid water and limited associated fauna (Ref. 52874). Mimicked by <i>Otocinclus mimulus</i>;  (Ref. 52874).  Mimicry is unusual because the two species occupy different microhabitats and it is hypothesized to operate with a primarily visual predator moving between the microhabitats, tentatively identified as the cichlid <i>Crenicichla lepidota</i> (Ref. 52874).