Which Sturisoma is this?

Sturies · Post by **Sturies** » 14 Aug 2006, 10:59

Surisoma cought in Colombia

keukenprins · Post by **keukenprins** » 14 Aug 2006, 11:07

Sturies wrote:Surisoma cought in Colombia

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 14 Aug 2006, 11:17

and are from Colombia.

are also caught in Colombia, and sometimes mixed into the shipment of Sturisoma species.

Of course, there are many fish that don't understand our lines on maps that we call borders... So fish can be "found" in one country, and listed as "residents" of another one...

So for example fish from nerby Venezuela can occur in shipments from Colombia... Especially if they live in a river that runs through both countries...

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Mats

Sturies · Post by **Sturies** » 14 Aug 2006, 16:05

I'am sure that it isn't Sturisoma panamense, Sturisoma aureum or Sturisomatichthys leigthoni. That last two we have too.

This one looks more like Sturisoma nigrirostrum, but that should come from a verry different place. I am sure that these are cought in Colombia becouse a friend of us cought them himself there.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 14 Aug 2006, 16:20

Sturisoma barbatum?

it's very flat and the dark band diesn't 'tip' the dorsal implant; wich are both characteristics of the flat S barbatum.
I don't know if S barbatum is native to Colombia, but it has a fairly large range of distribution?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 14 Aug 2006, 16:32

Whilst the pictures certinaly do match , I would think that it's far off Paraguay River (which is the only DOCUMENTED range for S. barbatum)... Not saying it's NOT S. barbatum - just that S. barbatum is not listed in either Fishbase or CLOFFSCA as occuring there...

Of course, it could be that the country of origin is wrong, and it actually came from southern brazil, rather than Colombia...

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Mats

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 14 Aug 2006, 17:23

Shane's your man for this one but he is offline for about a week.

Jools

Sturies · Post by **Sturies** » 06 Sep 2006, 14:50

Does anybody know yet, which Sturisoma this is? I'am still not sure. I think that it could be the Sturisoma nigrirostrum becouse the nose is comletely black.

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 07 Sep 2006, 13:26

Looks just like the 6 S. nigirostrum I have.

diburning · Post by **diburning** » 20 Sep 2006, 07:07

wait are those sturgeon?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 20 Sep 2006, 10:00

No, they are not sturgeon's, they are Sturisoma "Twig Catfish". But the name Sturisoma comes from Sturio "Sturgeon" and Soma meaning body - so Sturgeon-body...

Sturgeons are not catfish.

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Mats

Which Sturisoma is this?

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