''Chaetostoma'', also known as the bristlemouth catfish, is a

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of suckermouth armored catfishes native to

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with one species, '' C. fischeri,'' extending into

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. Most species inhabit flowing rivers in the lower

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and its

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. Some species are kept in unheated aquaria.

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus: * '' Chaetostoma aburrensis'' ( Posada, 1909) * '' Chaetostoma anale'' ( Fowler, 1943) * '' Chaetostoma anomalum'' 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 The Marañón River (, , ) is the principal or mainstem ...

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, 1881 * '' Chaetostoma breve'' 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 Republic o ...

'' 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, offici ...

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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 i ...

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, 2006 * '' Chaetostoma chimu'' Urbano-Bonilla & Ballen, 2020 * '' Chaetostoma daidalmatos''

, 2006 * '' Chaetostoma dermorhynchum'' Boulenger, 1887 * '' Chaetostoma dorsale'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1922 * '' Chaetostoma dupouii'' Fernández-Yépez, 1945 * '' Chaetostoma fischeri''

, 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'' Regan, 1912 * '' Chaetostoma leucomelas'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1918 * '' Chaetostoma lexa'' (

, 2013) * '' Chaetostoma lineopunctatum'' C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942 * '' Chaetostoma loborhynchos'' Tschudi, 1846 * '' Chaetostoma machiquense'' Fernández-Yépez & Martín Salazar, 1953 * '' Chaetostoma marginatum'' Regan, 1904 * '' Chaetostoma marmorescens'' C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942 * '' Chaetostoma microps'' Günther, 1864 * '' Chaetostoma milesi'' Fowler, 1941 * '' Chaetostoma niveum'' Fowler, 1944 * '' Chaetostoma nudirostre'' Lütken, 1874 * ''

Chaetostoma orientale ''Chaetostoma orientale'' is a species of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America. The species has been found in two rivers in Pará State Pará () is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Ama ...

'' Meza-Vargas, Calegari, Lujan, Ballen, Oyakawa, Sousa, Rapp Py-Daniel and Reis, 2022Vanessa Meza-Vargas, Bárbara B. Calegari, Nathan K. Lujan, Gustavo A. Ballen, Osvaldo T. Oyakawa, Leandro M. Sousa, Lúcia Rapp Py-Daniel and Roberto E. Reis. 2022. A New Species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Expands the Distribution of Rubbernose Plecos Eastward into the Lower Amazon Basin of Brazil. Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110(2); 364-377. DOI: 10.1643/i2021068 (29 June 2022) * '' Chaetostoma palmeri'' Regan, 1912 * '' Chaetostoma patiae'' Fowler, 1945 * '' Chaetostoma paucispinis'' 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'' Lütken, 1874 * '' Chaetostoma stroumpoulos''

, 2006 * '' Chaetostoma tachiraense'' L. P. Schultz, 1944 * '' Chaetostoma taczanowskii''

, 1882 * '' Chaetostoma thomsoni'' Regan, 1904 * '' Chaetostoma trimaculineum'' Lujan, Meza-Vargas, Astudillo-Clavijo, Barriga-S. & López-Fernández, 2015 * '' Chaetostoma vagum'' Fowler, 1943 * '' Chaetostoma vasquezi'' Lasso A. & Provenzano, 1998 * '' Chaetostoma venezuelae'' ( L. P. Schultz, 1944) * '' Chaetostoma yurubiense'' Ceas &

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, 1996

References

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