The masked corydoras, bandit catfish, bandit corydoras, or Meta River corydoras, Corydoras metae, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the Corydoradinae sub-family of the Callichthyidae family. It originates in inland waters of South America, and is found in the Meta River basin in Colombia. It was originally described by Carl H. Eigenmann in 1914. The masked corydoras is of commercial importance in the aquarium trade industry.