Chaetostoma

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== thumb|Chaetostoma anomalum thumb|Chaetostoma breve thumb|Chaetostoma microps These are the currently recognized species in this genus: Chaetostoma aburrense (Posada, 1909) Chaetostoma anale (Fowler, 1943) Chaetostoma anomalum Regan, 1903 Chaetostoma bifurcum Lujan, Meza-Vargas, Astudillo-Clavijo, Barriga-S. & López-Fernández, 2015 Chaetostoma branickii Steindachner, 1881 Chaetostoma brevilabiatum Dahl, 1942 Chaetostoma carrioni (Norman, 1935) Chaetostoma changae Salcedo, 2006 Chaetostoma chimu Urbano-Bonilla & Ballen, 2020 Chaetostoma daidalmatos Salcedo, 2006 Chaetostoma dermorhynchus Boulenger, 1887 Chaetostoma dorsale C. H. Eigenmann, 1922 Chaetostoma dupouii Fernández-Yépez, 1945 Chaetostoma fischeri Steindachner, 1879 Chaetostoma floridablancaense Ardila Rodríguez, 2013 Chaetostoma formosae Ballen, 2011 Chaetostoma guairense Steindachner, 1881 Chaetostoma jegui Rapp Py-Daniel, 1991 Chaetostoma joropo Ballen, Urbano-Bonilla & Maldonado-Ocampo, 2016 Chaetostoma lepturum Regan, 1912 Chaetostoma leucomelas C. H. Eigenmann, 1918 Chaetostoma lexa (Salcedo, 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 Meza-Vargas, Calegari, Lujan, Ballen, Oyakawa, Sousa, Rapp Py-Daniel and Reis, 2022 Chaetostoma palmeri Regan, 1912 Chaetostoma patiae Fowler, 1945 Chaetostoma paucispinis Regan, 1912 Chaetostoma pearsei C. H. Eigenmann, 1920 Chaetostoma platyrhynchus Fowler, 1943 Chaetostoma sacramento Meza-Vargas, Ramirez & Lujan, 2024 Chaetostoma sovichthys L. P. Schultz, 1944 Chaetostoma spondylus Salcedo & H. Ortega, 2015 Chaetostoma stannii Lütken, 1874 Chaetostoma stroumpoulos Salcedo, 2006 Chaetostoma tachiraense L. P. Schultz, 1944 Chaetostoma taczanowskii Steindachner, 1882 Chaetostoma thomsoni Regan, 1904 Chaetostoma trimaculineum Lujan, Meza-Vargas, Astudillo-Clavijo, Barriga-S. & López-Fernández, 2015 Chaetostoma vasquezi Lasso A. & Provenzano, 1998 Chaetostoma venezuelae (L. P. Schultz, 1944) Chaetostoma yurubiense Ceas & Page, 1996 Synonyms Chaetostoma breve Regan, 1904; valid as C. branickii Steindachner, 1881 Chaetostoma vagum Fowler, 1943; valid as C. anale (Fowler, 1943)