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Issue: Vol. 5360 No. 4: 30 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.4.3
Page range: 515-530
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How many species of Sturisoma (Siluriformes: Loricariinae) inhabit the La Plata Basin?

Laboratorio de Sistemática y Biología Evolutiva-CONICET; Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Universidad Nacional de La Plata; La Plata; Argentina
Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”; Centro de Ciencias Naturales; Ambientales y Antropológicas; Universidad Maimónides; Hidalgo 775 piso 7; C1405BDB; Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fundación de Historia Natural “Félix de Azara”; Centro de Ciencias Naturales; Ambientales y Antropológicas; Universidad Maimónides; Hidalgo 775 piso 7; C1405BDB; Buenos Aires; Argentina; Laboratorio de Anatomía Comparada y Evolución de los Vertebrados; Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” (CONICET); Av. Ángel Gallardo; 470; C1405DJR; Buenos Aires; Argentina
Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (CONICET-UNSAM); Av. Intendente Marino Km. 8;2 (B7130IWA); Chascomús; Buenos Aires; Argentina Escuela de Bio y Nanotecnologías; UNSAM; Argentina
Pisces Loricariidae Farlowellini catfish taxonomy

Abstract

The aim of the present contribution is to review the taxonomy of the loricariid Sturisoma in the La Plata basin. The original description of the species S. barbatum is analyzed and compared to Regan’s later description of S. robustum. We noticed that Kner’s illustrations may have influenced the description by Regan and other later authors, leading to confusion in the taxonomy of Sturisoma. The diagnostic characteristics and molecular data of S. barbatum and S. robustum are discussed, and we concluded that the differences observed by previous authors are part of the intraspecific variation within a single species. This indicates that S. barbatum is a senior synonym of S. robustum. Sturisoma barbatum is compared to other Sturisoma species.

 

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