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| Scientific Name | Sturisoma graffini Londoño-Burbano, 2018 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Picaflor Creek, at Pakitza guard post, Castanel Trail #12 to Caña Brava Trail #16, Madre de Dios River basin, Amazonas, Peru, 11°49'60"S, 71°20'59"W. |
| Etymology | German, sturio = sturgeon, + Greek, soma = body. Named after Dr. Greg Graffin, lead singer of the punk rock band Bad Religion, Ph.D. in Zoology, part time life sciences, palaeontology and evolution professor at University of California, Los Angeles and Cornell University. |
| Species Information | |
| Identification | Sturisoma and Sturisomatichthys can be difficult to tell apart. Older descriptions of the genera emphasized the length of the snout (elongated in Sturisoma), but this trait is not reliable across species. Recent analyses allow discrimination based on the abdominal plates, fin colors and lateral plates: Sturisoma has its central abdominal plates arranged in three clearly-defined longitudinal series; all fins (except sometimes pectoral fins) lack dark spots; and 20–21 lateral plates in median series. Sturisomatichthys has its central abdominal plates less organized, not arranged in clearly-defined longitudinal series; dark spots usually present on one or more of the dorsal-, pectoral-, pelvic, or anal-fins; and 15–18 lateral plates in median series. Furthermore, to date all Sturisoma are cis-Andean; most (but not all) Sturisomatichthys are trans-Andean. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Madre de Dios (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Journal of Fish Biology v. 92 (no. 4), pp 1002 [4], Figs. 1a, 2a, 3-5. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.4.102.7180 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:11 (species record created: 2018 Feb 26 06:27) |