Sturisoma reisi explained

Sturisoma reisi^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Cautário River, the Guaporé River, the Ji-Paraná River, the Mamoré River, and the Sotério River in the Madeira River basin in Bolivia and Brazil. It was described in 2022 by Alejandro Londoño-Burbano and Marcelo Ribeiro de Britto of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on the basis of distinctive genetic and morphological characteristics.^{[2] [3]}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the authors’ colleague, Brazilian ichthyologist Roberto E. Reis, of the Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, for his contributions to Neotropical ichthyology.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sturisoma reisi • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog . 2023-02-11 . www.planetcatfish.com . en-gb.
2. Londoño-Burbano, Alejandro & Britto, Marcelo. (2022). A new species of Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 (Loricariidae: Loricariinae) from the Madeira River basin, with a discussion of historical biogeography of western Amazonas and Paraguay River basins. Journal of fish biology. 102. 10.1111/jfb.15251.
3. Researchgate.net/publication/364375879_A_new_species_of_Sturisoma_from_the_Madeira_River
4. Web site: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily LORICARIINAE Rafinesque 1815 (Suckermouth Armored Catfishes) . 29 November 2024 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.