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Scientific Name	**Sturisoma reisi** Londoño-Burbano & Britto, 2022
Common Name
Type Locality	Mouth of Cautário River, Guaporé River, Madeira River basin, Costa Marques, Rondônia, Brazil, 12°12'49.7"S, 64°35'12.2"W.
Etymology	German, sturio = sturgeon, + Greek, soma = body.
Species Information
Identification	Sturisoma and Sturisomatichthys can be difficult to tell apart. Older descriptions of the genera emphasized the length of the snout (elongated in Sturisoma), but this trait is not reliable across species. Recent analyses allow discrimination based on the abdominal plates, fin colors and lateral plates: Sturisoma has its central abdominal plates arranged in three clearly-defined longitudinal series; all fins (except sometimes pectoral fins) lack dark spots; and 20–21 lateral plates in median series. Sturisomatichthys has its central abdominal plates less organized, not arranged in clearly-defined longitudinal series; dark spots usually present on one or more of the dorsal-, pectoral-, pelvic, or anal-fins; and 15–18 lateral plates in median series. Furthermore, to date all Sturisoma are cis-Andean; most (but not all) Sturisomatichthys are trans-Andean. S. reisi can be easily distinguished from all other Sturisoma by the presence of a middorsal longitudinal, thin dark stripe on the caudal peduncle, beginning at the 2nd or 3rd plate posterior to dorsal fin base and extending to (or nearly to) the origin of the caudal fin.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Mamoré, Guaporé (Iténez) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Madeira, Machado (Jiparaná) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Journal of Fish Biology v.102 (no. 1), pp 2, Figs. 1, 2a, 3c, 4a, 5a, 5c, 6.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:11 (species record created: 2022 Oct 19 21:38)