Sturisoma rostratum
Spix & Agassiz, 1829
(Type species)
Synonyms
Amazonas-Störwels
Loricaria rostrata
Oxyloricaria rostratum
Loricaria rostrata
Oxyloricaria rostratum
Length (total)
> 30 cm
Standard length (documented)
260.0 mm
Recommended tank size
120 cm
Weight
0.055 kg
➀ rio Araguaia, lago Açu, ribeirão Água Fria, ➀ rio das Almas, rio Areias, rio dos Bois, rio Cabeça-de-boi, arroyo Capitu, rio Claro, ribeirão Crisóstomo, rio das Crixás, rio Itaueiras, rio Manuel Alves da Natividade = rio Manuel-Alvinho, rio Manuel Alves da Natividade = rio Manuel Alves, rio Mearim, rio Palma, rio Parauapebas, rio do Peixe, rio Piranhas, arroyo Ponte Alta, arroyo Roncador, rio Santa Tereza, ribeirão São João, rio São Valério, rio Vermelho, ➀ Amazonas = rio Solimões basin, ➀ rio Tapajós basin, ➀ rio Tocantins basin, ➀ rio Araguaia basin, ➀ rio Maranhão basin
Pará (BRA)
Brazil
Amazonas | rio Tocantins → rio Pará → baia de Marajó ⇒ Atlantic NE
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in (small) groups is recommended. Individual keeping is possible.
substrate breeder
from genus: yes
unknown
12 soft rays
incised / concave
short filament upper
short filament lower
I / 7 rays
without filament
I / 6 rays
without filament
i / 5 rays
incised / concave
short filament upper
short filament lower
I / 7 rays
without filament
I / 6 rays
without filament
i / 5 rays
No type available anymore. Identity no longer to clarify.
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 346
- Spix, J.B.von, 1829 "Selecta genera et species piscium Brasiliensium" (Monachii)
- Die Brasilianischen Fische von Spix, 2005 "Die Brasilianischen Fische von Spix" (Zoologische Staatssammlung München)
- Grimm, Martin, 2007 "Artbestimmung handelsüblicher Störwelse" (Welse.net)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 300)
- 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)
- Sousa França, F.M.de & Gubiani, E.A., 2025 "Length-weight and length-length relationships for freshwater fish species from the lower Araguaia River, Tocantins-Araguaia basin, Tocantins State, Brazil" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 23 No. 1)
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