Sturisoma festivum/Sturisomatichthys festivus
Myers, 1942
Synonyms
Real Royal Farlowella
Royal Whiptail
Sturisoma festivum
Royal Whiptail
Sturisoma festivum
Length (total)
approx. 20 cm
Standard length (documented)
183.8 mm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Temperature
25 - 28 °C
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Algaes!
Algaes!
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
Animal care
difficult
approx. 1.00 years
substrate breeder
from genus: yes
yes
from
to
Quantity
78
Temp.
23
30
pH
6.40
8.10
GH
KH
0
1
NO³
50
Cond.
100
200
absent
i / 5 rays
12 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
filament upper
filament lower
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
i / 5 rays
i / 5 rays
12 soft rays
greatly incised / concave, pointed
filament upper
filament lower
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
i / 5 rays
not known
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
29/January/2022
- Myers, G.S., 1942 "Studies on South American fresh-water fishes I" (Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin) P. 89
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 345
- Seidel, Ingo: "Sturisoma und ihre Verwandten – Teil 1: Artenvielfalt, Ökologie und Pflege"
(Aquaristik – Aktuelle Süßwasserpraxis 2/2009) - Hilgner, Walter: "Aquarienfischzucht im Großhandel"
(Amazonas März/April 2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Das 'my-fish-Aquaristik-Survive-Projekt'"
(DATZ 4/2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Interview mit Uwe Wolf"
(Amazonas Juli/August 2014 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Über spektakuläre neue Hexenwelse und Neuigkeiten von dieser Fischgruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin August / September 2016) - Stawikowski, Rainer: "Der Atabapo fließt in Ostwestfalen"
(DATZ 9/2016 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Evers, Hans-Georg: "Störwelsiges – und wieder etwas dazu gelernt"
(Amazonas Mai / Juni 2018) - Seidel, Ingo: "Welswelten – Wissenswertes, Neues und Ungewöhnliches"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin Juni / Juli 2018) - Behr, Norman & Katzschmann, Anja: "Neues zu Sturisomatichthys und Sturisoma"
(Amazonas Juli / August 2020)
- Grimm, Martin, 2007 "Artbestimmung handelsüblicher Störwelse" (Welse.net)
- Covain, R.; Fisch-Muller, S.; Oliveira, C.; Mol, J.H.; Montoya-Burgos, J.I. & Dray, S., 2016 "Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification" (abstract) (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 94 Pt. B, P. 514)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 77)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2019 "A Taxonomic Revision of Sturisomatichthys Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1979 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae), with Descriptions of Three New Species" (Copeia, Vol. 107 No. 4, P. 779)
- Londoño-Burbano, A. & Reis, R.E., 2021 "A combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), with emphasis on the Harttiini and Farlowellini" (PlosOne)
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for the pictures
Armin Ackermann
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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