Sturisoma graffini

Sturisoma graffini^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Madre de Dios River basin in Peru. It was described in 2018 by Alejandro Londoño-Burbano of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro on the basis of its distinctive coloration and morphology.^[2] Its specific name, graffini, honors the singer and evolutionary biologist Greg Graffin.^[3] FishBase does not yet list this species.

Sturisoma graffini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Sturisoma
Species:	S. graffini
Binomial name
Sturisoma graffini Londoño-Burbano, 2018

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Greg Graffin (b. 1964), “lead singer of the punk rock band Bad Religion, Ph.D. in Zoology, part time life sciences, palaeontology and evolution professor at University of California, Los Angeles and Cornell University.^[4]