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Chaetostoma

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Chaetostoma
Chaetostoma milesi
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Chaetostoma

Tschudi, 1846
Synonyms

Lipopterichthys Norman, 1935
Loraxichthys Salcedo, 2013

Chaetostoma also known as the Bristlemouths is a genus of suckermouth armored catfishes native to South America with one species C. fischeri extending into Panama. Some species are kept in unheated aquaria.

Species

Chaetostoma anomalum
Chaetostoma breve
Chaetostoma microps

There are currently 48 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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.
  2. ^ Ardila 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.
  3. ^ a b Ballen, 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.
  4. ^ "A new species of Chaetostoma, an armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), from the río Marañón drainage, Amazon basin, Peru" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology,. 13 (1): 151–156. 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)