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.[1] Most species inhabit flowing rivers in the lower Andes and its foothills.[2] Some species are kept in unheated aquaria.
^Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Chaetostoma in FishBase. October 2017 version.
^van der Sleen, P.; J.S. Albert, eds. (2017). Field Guide to the Fishes of the Amazon, Orinoco, and Guianas. Princeton University Press. pp. 270–271. ISBN 978-0691170749.
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