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Which Sturisoma is this?
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 10:59
by Sturies
Surisoma cought in Colombia
Re: Which Sturisoma is this?
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 11:07
by keukenprins
Sturies wrote:Surisoma cought in Colombia
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 11:17
by MatsP
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
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 16:05
by Sturies
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.
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 16:20
by sidguppy
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?
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 16:32
by MatsP
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
Posted: 14 Aug 2006, 17:23
by Jools
Shane's your man for this one but he is offline for about a week.
Jools
Posted: 06 Sep 2006, 14:50
by Sturies
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.
Posted: 07 Sep 2006, 13:26
by apistomaster
Looks just like the 6 S. nigirostrum I have.
Posted: 20 Sep 2006, 07:07
by diburning
wait are those sturgeon?
Posted: 20 Sep 2006, 10:00
by MatsP
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