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Sturisoma
Sign in to saveSturisoma is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South and Central America.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Sturisoma is referenced by 16 other articles, and connects out to Colombia, Animalia and Panama.
Vinony files it under Catfish genera, Fish of South America and Fish of the Amazon basin.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyLoricariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 203
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Loricariidae
- Collections
- CAS, TCWC, AUM, ANSP, INHS
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Panama, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Loricariinae
- Image
- Sturisoma aureum Richard Bartz.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Sturisoma
- Commons category
- Sturisoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Sturisoma
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Distribution
- Description
- Ecology
- References
Sturisoma is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South and Central America.
==Taxonomy== Sturisoma has been shown to be sister to Farlowella.
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