Hognosed Brochis are native to the western portion of the Amazon River basin in Ecuador and Peru. Although fairly rare in the aquarium trade, Hognosed Brochis are of commercial importance in the hobby aquarium industry. These fish have a longer snout than others in the genus – which is how they earned the name Hognosed Brochis. The genus Brochis belongs to the same sub-family as Corydoras and, while many hobbyists argue that Brochis should be synonymized with Corydoras, they currently remain separate. Hognose Brochis are similar in appearance to their relatives the Emerald Brochis which have a metallic green or blue-green coloration on the upper parts of the body and a pale belly.