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Sturisoma tenuirostre (Steindachner, 1910)

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Relevant Information:

The work carried out by Covain et.al. 2016 confines the Sturisoma genera to west of the Andes (cis-Andean), and the Sturisomatichthys genera restricted to the east of the Andes (trans-Andean). Habitat: This species is fairly widespread in the Orinoco basin in Venezuela. Aquarium Care: Good filtration and not to be crowded in the tank as Nitrate levels should be kept low. Sexual Differences: Can be sexed out by the male having bristles on the cheeks. Diet: Vegetarian with Lettuce, algae (real or tablets/wafers) sweet potatoes, cuccumber and mashed peas. Etymology: tenuis, thin; rostris, snout, referring to its thin snout, thinner than congeners Steindachner knew about at the time. Remarks: This species is not under any threat and has a fairly large distribution. A Least Concern assessment has therefore been made but it does need updating (IUCN 2009).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Oxyloricaria tenuirostris

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Meta River drainage, Orinoco basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Type locality: dem Rio Meta in Venezuela.

Size:

12.5cm. (5ins)

Temp:

25-30°c (77-87°f)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Covain, R., S. Fisch-Muller, C. Oliveira, J.H. Mol, J.I. Montoya-Burgos and S. Dray, 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 94:492-517.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2023 ).
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2003. Loricariidae - Loricariinae (Armored catfishes). p. 330-350. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Reis, R & Lima, F. 2009. Sturisoma tenuirostre. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Sturisoma tenuirostre

Sturisoma tenuirostre
Dorsal view

Sturisoma tenuirostre
Showing snout

Sturisoma tenuirostre
Ventral view

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