Chaetostoma

Chaetostoma
Chaetostoma sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Infraclass:	Teleostei
Superorder:	Ostariophysi
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Subfamily:	Hypostominae
Genus:	Chaetostoma Tschudi, 1846
Species
see text
Synonyms
Lipopterichthys

Chaetostoma ("Bristlemouth") is a genus of fishes. Species include Chaetostoma thomsoni, which is native to fast-moving mountain streams of Colombia and Venezuela, where it is known in Spanish as Carachama. Some species are kept in unheated aquaria.

Other species include:

• Chaetostoma carrioni

External links

• Chaetostoma Group