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Sturisoma nigrirostrum

Synonyms: Sturiosoma nigrirostrum
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Wikipedia Abstract

Sturisoma nigrirostrum is a species of armored catfish endemic to Peru where it occurs in the Ucayali River basin. This species inhabits gently to swiftly flowing white waters where submerged wood is abundant in the main flow of rivers. This species grows to a length of 22 centimetres (8.7 in). Sexual dimorphism includes hypertrophied odontodes on the sides of the head of the male.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mamore - Madre de Dios Piedmont Bolivia, Brazil, Peru Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Upland Rivers    

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva de la Biosfera de Yasuni Biosphere Reserve 4156313 Ecuador  

External References

Citations

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0