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Loricariidae (Armored catfishes) > Loricariinae
Etymology: Sturisomatichthys: German, sturio = sturgeon, 1525 + Greek, soma = body + greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical, preferred ?
South America: Lago Maracaibo drainage in Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56068)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Distinguished from all other species of Sturisoma by its greater interorbital width (7.4-8.0% vs. 4.5-6.2% in other species) and little or no contribution of the frontal to the orbital rim (vs. presence in remaining species). Also differs by the absence of ventral expansion of the sphenotic (vs. a moderate expansion present in S. barbatum, S. guentheri, S. monopelte, S. nigrirostrum and S. rostratum. Can also be distinguished from most congeners by having 18 plates in the midventral plate series with keels not coalesced (vs. 20-22 in the remaining species (Ref. 56068).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ghazzi, M.A.A., 2005. Sturisoma kneri, new species, a name for an old yet poorly-known catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Copeia 2005(3):559-565. (Ref. 56068)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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