Astroblepus rosei is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Astroblepidae, the climbing catfishes. This catfish is found in the Jequetepeque River, a Pacific coastal draining river in Peru and in Andean rivers of Colombia where it occurs at altitudes between . This species attains a maximum standard length of .
The specific name honors the botanist Joseph Nelson Rose of the United States National Museum.