Sturisoma festivum • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Sturisoma festivum** Myers, 1942
Common Name(s)	Real Royal Farlowella
Type Locality	Río Monay, 35 km north of Trujillo, Motatan system, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela.
Pronunciation	fess TIV um
Etymology	German, sturio = sturgeon, + Greek, soma = body.
Species Information
Size	180mm (7.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Venezuela: Maracaibo Basin Colombia: Rio Catatumbo. Lake Maracaibo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Temperature	24.0-28.0°C or 75.2-82.4°F (Show others within this range)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Stanford Ichthyol. Bull.v. 2 (no. 4) - pp100 - Figs. 8-10
Registered Keepers	(1) Anonymous, (2) alenate (k: 3), (3) kamas88 (k: 3), (4) Tserisa, (5) Armand (k: 3), (6) snowball (k: 3), (7) Ecrevince (k: 3), (8) jabones, (9) bruce3, (10) HERVE, (11) Steffen, (12) Brisch, (13) ChristianS (k: 2), (14) Matt30 (k: 11), (15) flipperfeet, (16) BrianShr, (17) ThomasTheFish (k: 2), (18) RedLiz, (19) Steff_, (20) Andrewjw (k: 4), (21) Stuey. 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	(1) Armand (b: 43), (2) jabones (b: 8), (3) Matt30 (b: 8).
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Last Update	2006 Aug 21 02:08 (species record created: 2002 Apr 06 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Sturisoma festivum Myers, 1942

Common Name(s)

Real Royal Farlowella

Type Locality

Río Monay, 35 km north of Trujillo, Motatan system, Maracaibo basin, Venezuela.

Pronunciation

fess TIV um

Etymology

German, sturio = sturgeon, + Greek, soma = body.

Species Information

Size

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

Habitat Information

Distribution

Venezuela: Maracaibo Basin
Colombia: Rio Catatumbo.
Lake Maracaibo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Temperature

24.0-28.0°C or 75.2-82.4°F (Show others within this range)

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Stanford Ichthyol. Bull.v. 2 (no. 4) - pp100 - Figs. 8-10

Registered Keepers

(1) Anonymous, (2) alenate (k: 3), (3) kamas88 (k: 3), (4) Tserisa, (5) Armand (k: 3), (6) snowball (k: 3), (7) Ecrevince (k: 3), (8) jabones, (9) bruce3, (10) HERVE, (11) Steffen, (12) Brisch, (13) ChristianS (k: 2), (14) Matt30 (k: 11), (15) flipperfeet, (16) BrianShr, (17) ThomasTheFish (k: 2), (18) RedLiz, (19) Steff_, (20) Andrewjw (k: 4), (21) Stuey.

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Breeding Reports

(1) Armand (b: 43), (2) jabones (b: 8), (3) Matt30 (b: 8).