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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Tribe: | Hartiini |
| Genus: | Sturisoma Swainson, 1838 |
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S. aureum |
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Sturisoma is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Loricariidae.
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Sturisoma has been shown to be sister to Farlowella.[1]
The species of the genus Sturisoma are widely distributed on both slopes of the Andes, in Panama and Colombia, and in the Amazon, Orinoco, and Paraná River basins.[1]
Sexual dimorphism includes hypertrophied odontodes on the sides of the head of the male.[1]
Sturisoma inhabit gently to swiftly flowing white waters where submerged wood is abundant in the main flow of rivers.[1] Sturisoma species are open brooders.[1]