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Bristlemouths
Chaetostoma
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. Most species inhabit flowing rivers in the lower Andes and its foothills. Some species are kept in unheated aquaria.
49 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 49 known species
Chaetostoma microps
speciesChaetostoma microps
Chaetostoma bifurcum
speciesChaetostoma bifurcum
Chaetostoma fischeri
speciesChaetostoma fischeri
Chaetostoma brevilabiatum
speciesChaetostoma brevilabiatum
Chaetostoma dermorhynchus
speciesChaetostoma dermorhynchus
Chaetostoma branickii
speciesChaetostoma branickii
Chaetostoma thomsoni
speciesChaetostoma thomsoni
Spotted Rubbernose Pleco
speciesChaetostoma milesi
Chaetostoma platyrhynchus
speciesChaetostoma platyrhynchus
Chaetostoma carrioni
speciesChaetostoma carrioni
Chaetostoma marmorescens
speciesChaetostoma marmorescens
Chaetostoma trimaculineum
speciesChaetostoma trimaculineum
Chaetostoma anale
speciesChaetostoma anale
Chaetostoma dorsale
speciesChaetostoma dorsale
Chaetostoma chimu
speciesChaetostoma chimu
Chaetostoma floridablancaense
speciesChaetostoma floridablancaense
Chaetostoma sacramento
speciesChaetostoma sacramento
Chaetostoma leucomelas
speciesChaetostoma leucomelas
Chaetostoma aburrense
speciesChaetostoma aburrense
Chaetostoma anomalum
speciesChaetostoma anomalum
Chaetostoma formosae
speciesChaetostoma formosae
Chaetostoma sovichthys
speciesChaetostoma sovichthys
Chaetostoma yurubiense
speciesChaetostoma yurubiense
Chaetostoma tachiraense
speciesChaetostoma tachiraense
Chaetostoma stroumpoulos
speciesChaetostoma stroumpoulos
Chaetostoma guairense
speciesChaetostoma guairense
Chaetostoma marginatum
speciesChaetostoma marginatum
Chaetostoma pearsei
speciesChaetostoma pearsei
Chaetostoma spondylus
speciesChaetostoma spondylus
Chaetostoma taczanowskii
speciesChaetostoma taczanowskii
Chaetostoma orientale
speciesChaetostoma orientale
Chaetostoma lexa
speciesChaetostoma lexa
Chaetostoma joropo
speciesChaetostoma joropo
Chaetostoma nudirostre
speciesChaetostoma nudirostre
Chaetostoma machiquense
speciesChaetostoma machiquense
Chaetostoma changae
speciesChaetostoma changae
Chaetostoma daidalmatos
speciesChaetostoma daidalmatos
Chaetostoma dupouii
speciesChaetostoma dupouii
Chaetostoma jegui
speciesChaetostoma jegui
Chaetostoma lepturum
speciesChaetostoma lepturum
Chaetostoma loborhynchos
speciesChaetostoma loborhynchos
Chaetostoma lineopunctatum
speciesChaetostoma lineopunctatum
Chaetostoma stannii
speciesChaetostoma stannii
Chaetostoma palmeri
speciesChaetostoma palmeri
Chaetostoma niveum
speciesChaetostoma niveum
Chaetostoma patiae
speciesChaetostoma patiae
Chaetostoma vasquezi
speciesChaetostoma vasquezi
Chaetostoma venezuelae
speciesChaetostoma venezuelae
Chaetostoma paucispinis
speciesChaetostoma paucispinis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87340.