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Scientific Name Sturisomatichthys citurensis  (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
Common Name
Type Locality Río Cupe at Cituro, Panama.
Synonym(s) Oxyloricaria citurensis
Etymology (German)Sturio=Sturgeon + (Greek) soma=body + (Greek) -ichthys=fish. 
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Size 250mm or 9.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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.
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Distribution Central America: Tuira and Bayano River basins.
Panama Pacific Rivers, Tuira (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Panama Pacific Rivers, Chepo, Bayano (Upper Chepo) (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Near Threatened, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 10 (no. 8)
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Last Update 2020 Oct 28 04:02 (species record created: 2011 Jan 24 11:43)