Sturisomatichthys guaitipan

Sturisomatichthys guaitipan[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper and middle Magdalena River basin in Colombia. The species was described in 2019 by Alejandro Londoño-Burbano (of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and Roberto E. Reis (of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul) as part of a taxonomic revision of the genus Sturisomatichthys.[2]

Sturisomatichthys guaitipan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Sturisomatichthys
Species:
S. guaitipan
Binomial name
Sturisomatichthys guaitipan
Londoño-Burbano & Reis, 2019

References

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  1. ^ "Sturisomatichthys guaitipan • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog". www.planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. ^ Londoño-Burbano, Alejandro & Reis, Roberto. (2019). A Taxonomic Revision of Sturisomatichthys Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1979 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae), with Descriptions of Three New Species. Copeia. 107. 764. 10.1643/CI-19-226.