''Cordylancistrus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of suckermouth armored catfish native to

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

. It is much the same as ''

Chaetostoma ''Chaetostoma'', also known as the bristlemouth catfish, is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a ...

''. The few differences are a wider head, longer cheek

odontodes Odontodes, or dermal teeth, are hard structures found on the external surfaces of animals or near internal openings. They consist of a soft pulp surrounded by dentine and covered by a mineralized substance such as enamel, a structure similar to th ...

, and plates on the snout. ''Cordylancistrus'' can be found in rivers and streams high in the

Andes The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...

, from

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:Lujan, 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.'' * '' Cordylancistrus daguae'' ( C. H. Eigenmann, 1912) * '' Cordylancistrus nephelion'' Provenzano & Milani, 2006 * '' Cordylancistrus perijae'' A. Pérez & Provenzano, 1996 * '' Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus'' (Fowler, 1943) * '' Cordylancistrus torbesensis'' ( L. P. Schultz, 1944)

References

Ancistrini Fish of South America Catfish genera Taxa named by Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker Freshwater fish genera {{Hypostominae-stub