Chaetostoma pearsei
| Chaetostoma pearsei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Chaetostoma |
| Species: | C. pearsei |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetostoma pearsei C. H. Eigenmann, 1920[1] | |
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Chaetostoma pearsei, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes.[1] This catfish is endemic to Venezuela where it occurs in the drainage basisn of Lake Valencia and the Tuy River. This species reaches a total length of 15 cm (5.9 in).[2] The specific name honours the American zoologist Arthur Sperry Pearse, who collected the holotype.[3] C. pearsei was first formally described as Chaetostomus pearsei in 1920 by the German-American ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann with its type locality given as the Castaño River at Maracay, Venezuela.[1] This species is found in the aquarium trade where it is given the designation L187 and the name Pearse's rubbernose pleco is also sometimes used.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetstoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetstoma pearsei". FishBase. February 2026 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf (13 June 2026). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑ "Cat-eLog LORICARIIDAE Hypostominae Chaetostoma pearsei". PlanetCatfish. Retrieved 30 June 2026.