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Sturisomatichthys citurensis

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ3762904 ↗
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Sturisomatichthys citurensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armored catfishes, and the subfamily Loricariinae, the mailed catfishes. This catfish is endemic to Panama where it occurs in the drainage systems of the Tuira and Bayano Rivers. There have been claims of this species from Colombia but these are still uncertain. This species attains a standard length of 25 cm (9.8 in) and species in the genus Sturisomatichthys are known to be facultative air breathers.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sturisomatichthys citurensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.