| Sturisoma reisi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Sturisoma |
| Species: | S. reisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sturisoma reisi Alejandro Londoño-Burbano and Britto, 2022 | |
Sturisoma reisi is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Cautário River, the Guaporé River, the Ji-Paraná River, the Mamoré River, and the Sotério River in the Madeira River basin in Bolivia and Brazil. It was described in 2022 by Alejandro Londoño-Burbano and Marcelo Ribeiro de Britto of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on the basis of distinctive genetic and morphological characteristics.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of the authors’ colleague, Brazilian ichthyologist Roberto E. Reis, of the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, for his contributions to Neotropical ichthyology.
References
- "Sturisoma reisi • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
- Londoño-Burbano, Alejandro & Britto, Marcelo. (2022). A new species of Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the Madeira River basin, with a discussion of historical biogeography of western Amazonas and Paraguay River basins. Journal of fish biology. 102. 10.1111/jfb.15251.
- Researchgate.net/publication/364375879_A_new_species_of_Sturisoma_from_the_Madeira_River
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily LORICARIINAE Rafinesque 1815 (Suckermouth Armored Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
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