''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 aburrensis ''Chaetostoma aburrensis'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known only from Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America wit ...

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Chaetostoma anale ''Chaetostoma anale'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater species native to South America, where it occurs in the Orteguaza River basin, which is part of the Japurá River drainage in Colombia Colomb ...

'' ( Fowler, 1943) * ''

Chaetostoma anomalum ''Chaetostoma anomalum'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of Lake Maracaibo Lake Maracaibo (Spanish: Lago de Maracaibo; Anu: Coquivacoa) is a lagoon in northwes ...

'' Regan, 1903 * ''

Chaetostoma bifurcum ''Chaetostoma bifurcum'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it is found in the Pacific coastal drainages of Ecuador and Peru, including the basins of the Esmeraldas River, th ...

'' Lujan, Meza-Vargas, Astudillo-Clavijo, Barriga-S. & López-Fernández, 2015Lujan, N.K., Meza-Vargas, V., Astudillo-Clavijo, V., Barriga-Salazar, R. & López-Fernández, H. (2015): A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for ''Chaetostoma'' Clade Genera and Species with a Review of ''Chaetostoma'' (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. ''Copeia, 103 (3): 664-701.'' * ''

Chaetostoma branickii ''Chaetostoma branickii'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Chamaya River basin, which is part of the Marañón River , name_etymology = , image = Mar ...

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, 1881 * ''

Chaetostoma breve ''Chaetostoma breve'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Zamora River The Zamora River ( Spanish: ''Río Zamora'') is a tributary of the Santiago River located in the ...

'' Regan, 1904 * ''

Chaetostoma brevilabiatum ''Chaetostoma brevilabiatum'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Magdalena River and the Cimitarra River in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Repu ...

'' Dahl, 1942 * ''

Chaetostoma carrioni ''Chaetostoma carrioni'' is a species of armored catfish from South America. These fish reach SL. These fish are demersal and live in tropical, freshwater habitats. They are found in the Marañón River basin in Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Q ...

'' ( Norman, 1935) * ''

Chaetostoma changae ''Chaetostoma changae'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it is known only from Peru. The species reaches 7.6 cm (3 inches) SL and its specific epithet honors Fonchii Chang, a Peruvian ichthy ...

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Chaetostoma chimu ''Chaetostoma chimu'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Andean foothills of the Orinoco basin in Colombia. It was described in 2020 by Alexander Urbano-Bonilla and Gust ...

'' Urbano-Bonilla & Ballen, 2020Urbano‐Bonilla, A., & Ballen, G. A. (2020). A new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco basin with comments on Amazonian species of the genus in Colombia. Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/jfb.14640 * '' Chaetostoma daidalmatos''

, 2006 * ''

Chaetostoma dermorhynchum ''Chaetostoma dermorhynchum'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Pastaza River, the Bobonaza River, the Napo River The Napo River ( es, Río Napo) is a t ...

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, 1887 * '' Chaetostoma dorsale'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1922 * '' Chaetostoma dupouii'' Fernández-Yépez, 1945 * ''

Chaetostoma fischeri ''Chaetostoma fischeri'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a relatively widespread freshwater fish when compared with other members of its family, as it is native to Central and South America, where it occurs in the ba ...

, 1879 * '' Chaetostoma floridablancaensis'' Ardila Rodríguez, 2013Ardila Rodríguez, C.A. (2013): ''Chaetostoma floridablancaensis'' sp. nov. una nueva especie de Choque (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) del Municipio de Floridablanca, Departamento de Santander – Colombia. ''Universidad Metropolitana de Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia. 24pp.'' * '' Chaetostoma formosae'' Ballen, 2011 * '' Chaetostoma guairense''

, 1881 * '' Chaetostoma jegui'' Rapp Py-Daniel, 1991 * '' Chaetostoma joropo'' Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2016Ballen, G.A., Urbano-Bonilla, A. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A. (2016): Description of a new species of the genus ''Chaetostoma'' from the Orinoco River drainage with comments on ''Chaetostoma milesi'' Fowler, 1941 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). ''Zootaxa, 4105 (2): 181–197.'' * ''

Chaetostoma lepturum ''Chaetostoma lepturum'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the San Juan River basin in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in ...

'' Regan, 1912 * ''

Chaetostoma leucomelas ''Chaetostoma leucomelas'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Patía River and the Cauca River in Colombia. The species reaches 20 cm (7.9 inches) SL. Referenc ...

'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1918 * ''

Chaetostoma lexa ''Chaetostoma lexa'' is a species of armored catfish only known from streams and rivers that feed into the Huallaga River near Tingo María Tingo María is the capital of Leoncio Prado Province in the Huánuco Region in central Peru. It has ...

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, 2013) * '' Chaetostoma lineopunctatum'' C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942 * '' Chaetostoma loborhynchos''

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, 1846 * '' Chaetostoma machiquense'' Fernández-Yépez & Martín Salazar, 1953 * '' Chaetostoma marginatum'' Regan, 1904 * '' Chaetostoma marmorescens'' C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942 * ''

Chaetostoma microps ''Chaetostoma microps'' is a species of suckermouth armored catfish native to Ecuador. The fish has been filmed climbing cave walls. Discovery The species was first described by Albert Günther in 1864. The type specimen is from the "Andes o ...

'' Günther, 1864 * '' Chaetostoma milesi'' Fowler, 1941 * '' Chaetostoma niveum'' Fowler, 1944 * ''

Chaetostoma nudirostre ''Chaetostoma nudirostre'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Lake Valencia basin in Venezuela. The species reaches in total length. References nudirostre ...

'' Lütken, 1874 * '' Chaetostoma palmeri'' Regan, 1912 * '' Chaetostoma patiae'' Fowler, 1945 * ''

Chaetostoma paucispinis ''Chaetostoma paucispinis'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the San Juan River (Colombia), San Juan River basin in Colombia. The species reaches 9 cm (3.5 inches) in total leng ...

'' Regan, 1912 * '' Chaetostoma pearsei'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1920 * '' Chaetostoma platyrhynchus'' Fowler, 1943 * '' Chaetostoma sovichthys'' L. P. Schultz, 1944 * '' Chaetostoma spondylus''

& H. Ortega, 2015 * ''

Chaetostoma stannii ''Chaetostoma stannii'' is a freshwater species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a demersal fish with a distribution entirely within tropical South America, where it is native to the basins of the Aroa River, the Tocuyo River ...

'' Lütken, 1874 * ''

Chaetostoma stroumpoulos ''Chaetostoma stroumpoulos'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Huallaga River basin in Peru. The species was described alongside the species ''Chaetostoma daidalmatos'' in 20 ...

, 2006 * ''

Chaetostoma tachiraense ''Chaetostoma tachiraense'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is a freshwater fish native to South America, where it occurs in the Catatumbo River basin at altitudes of up to 1,000 to 2,000 m (3,281 to 6,562 ft). The spe ...

'' L. P. Schultz, 1944 * ''

Chaetostoma taczanowskii ''Chaetostoma taczanowskii'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Huallaga River and the Urubamba River in Peru. The species reaches 17 cm (6.7 inches) in total le ...

, 1882 * '' Chaetostoma thomsoni'' Regan, 1904 * ''

Chaetostoma trimaculineum ''Chaetostoma trimaculineum'' is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the drainage basins of the Santiago River and the Marañón River in Ecuador and Peru. The species reaches 16 ...

'' Lujan, Meza-Vargas, Astudillo-Clavijo, Barriga-S. & López-Fernández, 2015 * '' Chaetostoma vagum'' Fowler, 1943 * '' Chaetostoma vasquezi'' Lasso A. &

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, 1998 * '' Chaetostoma venezuelae'' ( L. P. Schultz, 1944) * '' Chaetostoma yurubiense''

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& Page, 1996

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1497039 Catfish genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi