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  • Sturisoma reisi
  • Sturisoma reisiLateral view
  • Sturisoma reisiDorsal view
  • Sturisoma reisiVentral view
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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. 
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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.
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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)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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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 2023 Jun 19 10:15 (species record created: 2022 Oct 19 21:38)