Sturisomatichthys leightoni • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Sturisomatichthys leightoni** (Regan, 1912)
Common Name(s)	Dwarf Royal Twig Catfish
Type Locality	Honda, Colombia, elev. 300-400 ft.
Synonym(s)	Oxyloricaria leightoni
Etymology	(German)Sturio=Sturgeon + (Greek)soma=body + (Greek) -ichthys=fish.
Species Information
Size	180mm (7.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Upper Magdalena and Cauca River basins. Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Cauca (click on these areas to find other species found there) Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Upper Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	20.0-24.0°C or 68-75.2°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912 (pt 3), pp669, Pl. 77 (fig. 2).
Registered Keepers	(1) ivokilli, (2) pramirez (k: 25), who also notes: "They're an incredible breeding group with eggs of tree females at the same time in the male nest every month.", (3) sterba (k: 8), (4) FrankW, (5) MatsP (k: 2), (6) mike h, (7) Ironhead, (8) retroculus, (9) Martin S (k: 2), who also notes: "Passed back to MatsP", (10) 2wheelsx2, who also notes: "Mistakenly identified as Sturisoma Panamense, so pasting old info here: In a 20 gallon quarantine for now. One didn't make it in the quarantine tank. Lost one June 26, 2011 June 28, 2011. Lost another. Down to 2.", (11) reefdive, (12) Manon des sources. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Sturisomatichthys leightoni (Regan, 1912)

Common Name(s)

Dwarf Royal Twig Catfish

Type Locality

Honda, Colombia, elev. 300-400 ft.

Synonym(s)

Oxyloricaria leightoni

Etymology

(German)Sturio=Sturgeon + (Greek)soma=body + (Greek) -ichthys=fish.

Species Information

Size

180mm (7.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Upper Magdalena and Cauca River basins.
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Cauca (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Colombia Caribbean Rivers, Magdalena, Upper Magdalena (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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Temperature

20.0-24.0°C or 68-75.2°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912 (pt 3), pp669, Pl. 77 (fig. 2).

Registered Keepers

(1) ivokilli, (2) pramirez (k: 25), who also notes: "They're an incredible breeding group with eggs of tree females at the same time in the male nest every month.", (3) sterba (k: 8), (4) FrankW, (5) MatsP (k: 2), (6) mike h, (7) Ironhead, (8) retroculus, (9) Martin S (k: 2), who also notes: "Passed back to MatsP", (10) 2wheelsx2, who also notes: "Mistakenly identified as Sturisoma Panamense, so pasting old info here: In a 20 gallon quarantine for now. One didn't make it in the quarantine tank. Lost one June 26, 2011 June 28, 2011. Lost another. Down to 2.", (11) reefdive, (12) Manon des sources.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.

Articles