Chaetostoma, also known as the bristlemouth catfish, is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America with one species, C. fischeri, extending into Panama. Most species inhabit flowing rivers in the lower Andes and its foothills. Some species are kept in unheated aquaria.
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
- Chaetostoma aburrense <small>(Posada, 1909)</small>
- Chaetostoma anale <small>(Fowler, 1943)</small>
- Chaetostoma anomalum <small>Regan, 1903</small>
- Chaetostoma bifurcum <small>Lujan, Meza-Vargas, Astudillo-Clavijo, Barriga-S. & López-Fernández, 2015</small>
- Chaetostoma branickii <small>Steindachner, 1881</small>
- Chaetostoma brevilabiatum <small>Dahl, 1942</small>
- Chaetostoma carrioni <small>(Norman, 1935)</small>
- Chaetostoma changae <small>Salcedo, 2006</small>
- Chaetostoma chimu <small>Urbano-Bonilla & Ballen, 2020</small>
- Chaetostoma daidalmatos <small>Salcedo, 2006</small>
- Chaetostoma dermorhynchus <small>Boulenger, 1887</small>
- Chaetostoma dorsale <small>C. H. Eigenmann, 1922</small>
- Chaetostoma dupouii <small>Fernández-Yépez, 1945</small>
- Chaetostoma fischeri <small>Steindachner, 1879</small>
- Chaetostoma floridablancaense <small>, 2013</small>
- Chaetostoma formosae <small>Ballen, 2011</small>
- Chaetostoma guairense <small>Steindachner, 1881</small>
- Chaetostoma jegui <small>Rapp Py-Daniel, 1991</small>
- Chaetostoma joropo <small>Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2016</small>
- Chaetostoma lepturum <small>Regan, 1912</small>
- Chaetostoma leucomelas <small>C. H. Eigenmann, 1918</small>
- Chaetostoma lexa <small>(Salcedo, 2013)</small>
- Chaetostoma lineopunctatum <small>C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942</small>
- Chaetostoma loborhynchos <small>Tschudi, 1846</small>
- Chaetostoma machiquense <small>Fernández-Yépez & MartÃÂn Salazar, 1953</small>
- Chaetostoma marginatum <small>Regan, 1904</small>
- Chaetostoma marmorescens <small>C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942</small>
- Chaetostoma microps <small>Günther, 1864</small>
- Chaetostoma milesi <small>Fowler, 1941</small>
- Chaetostoma niveum <small>Fowler, 1944</small>
- Chaetostoma nudirostre <small>Lütken, 1874</small>
- Chaetostoma orientale <small>Meza-Vargas, Calegari, Lujan, Ballen, Oyakawa, Sousa, Rapp Py-Daniel and Reis, 2022</small>
- Chaetostoma palmeri <small>Regan, 1912</small>
- Chaetostoma patiae <small>Fowler, 1945</small>
- Chaetostoma paucispinis <small>Regan, 1912</small>
- Chaetostoma pearsei <small>C. H. Eigenmann, 1920</small>
- Chaetostoma platyrhynchus <small>Fowler, 1943</small>
- Chaetostoma sacramento <small>Meza-Vargas, Ramirez & Lujan, 2024</small>
- Chaetostoma sovichthys <small>L. P. Schultz, 1944</small>
- Chaetostoma spondylus <small>Salcedo & H. Ortega, 2015</small>
- Chaetostoma stannii <small>Lütken, 1874</small>
- Chaetostoma stroumpoulos <small>Salcedo, 2006</small>
- Chaetostoma tachiraense <small>L. P. Schultz, 1944</small>
- Chaetostoma taczanowskii <small>Steindachner, 1882</small>
- Chaetostoma thomsoni <small>Regan, 1904</small>
- Chaetostoma trimaculineum <small>Lujan, Meza-Vargas, Astudillo-Clavijo, Barriga-S. & López-Fernández, 2015</small>
- Chaetostoma vasquezi <small>Lasso A. & Provenzano, 1998</small>
- Chaetostoma venezuelae <small>(L. P. Schultz, 1944)</small>
- Chaetostoma yurubiense <small>Ceas & Page, 1996</small>
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