Chaetostoma platyrhynchus

Chaetostoma platyrhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Chaetostoma
Species:
C. platyrhynchus
Binomial name
Chaetostoma platyrhynchus
(Fowler, 1943)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hemiancistrus platyrhynchus Fowler, 1943
  • Peckoltia platyrhynchus (Fowler, 1943)
  • Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus (Fowler, 1943)
  • Chaetostoma platyrhyncha (Fowler, 1943)

Chaetostoma platyrhynchus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes.[2] This catfish is endemic to Colombia. The species is known to be of disputed classification and spelling.

Taxonomy

Chaetostoma platyrhynchus was first formally described as a species of Hemiancistrus by Henry Weed Fowler in 1943 with its type locality given as Florencia in the Orteguasa basin.[2] It was subsequently moved to Peckoltia by Isaäc J. H. Isbrücker in 1980, and later moved to Cordylancistrus in 1996 by W. E. Burgess and L. Finley.[3] In 2004, Jonathan W. Armbruster reclassified the species as a member of Chaetostoma,[4] although FishBase and ITIS both refer to it as Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus, and neither source lists either of Armbruster's names (Chaetostoma platyrhynchus and C. platyrhyncha) for the species as a synonym.[5][6] Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes classifies the genus Chaetostoma in the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes, within the suckermouth armored catfish family Loricariidae.[7] It has also been classified in the tribe Ancistrini by some authorities.[8]

Spelling dispute

In his 2004 reclassification, Armbruster used platyrhyncha and platyrhynchus interchangeably when referring to the species. In 2008, Armbruster referred to the species as C. platyrhynchus rather than C. platyrhyncha,[9] which became the standard spelling. Armbruster and Milton Tan referred to the species as C. platyrhyncha in their 2012 description of Cordylancistrus santarosensis (which has subsequently been reclassified as Transancistrus santarosensis),[10] furthering the confusion surrounding the correct spelling of the name.

In 2016, Gustavo A. Ballen, Alexander Urbano-Bonilla and Javier A. Maldonado-Ocamporuled that changing the specific epithet to platyrhyncha or platyrhynchum to comply with the ICZN's name gender guidelines was not in this case justified and that the species should be referred to as Chaetostoma platyrhynchus.[11]

Description

Chaetostoma platyrhynchus reaches a total length of 9.5 cm (3.7 in).[5]

Distribution and habitat

Chaetostoma platyrhynchus is endemic to Colombia where it occurs in the upper Caqueta River and the Putumayo River, living in clear waters with a fast current.[1]

Conservation status

Chaetostoma platyrhynchus has been assessed as Data Deficient by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because there is insufficient data on its population size, trends and threats faced by this species,[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alonso, J. C.; Mojica, J. & Jimenez-Segura, L. (2016). "Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T49830665A61474113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T49830665A61474113.en. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetostoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Burgess, W.E. & Finley, L. (1996) An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes: Update. Tropical Fish Hobbyist, 1996, 163–174.
  4. ↑ Armbruster, J.W. (2004) Phylogenetic relationships of the suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) with emphasis on the Hypostominae and the Ancistrinae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 141 (1), 1–80. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00109.x
  5. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetostoma platyrhynchus". FishBase.
  6. ↑ "ITIS - Report: Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  7. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hypostominae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Armbruster, J. W. and N. K. Lujan (2025). "New tribe-level classification of Hypostominae (Loricariidae) based on optimization of morphological states on DNA-based relationships, with descriptions of three new tribes and two new genera". Neotropical Ichthyology. 22 (4)): 1–32. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2024-0108.
  9. ↑ Armbruster, J.W. (2008) The genus Peckoltia with the description of two new species and a reanalysis of the phylogeny of the genera of the Hypostominae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa, 1822, 1–76.
  10. ↑ Tan, M. & Armbruster, J.W. (2012) Cordylancistrus santarosensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species with unique snout deplatation from the Río Santa Rosa, Ecuador. Zootaxa, 3243, 52–58.
  11. ↑ Ballen, G. A., Urbano-Bonilla, A., & Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A. (2016). Description of a new species of the genus Chaetostoma from the Orinoco River drainage with comments on Chaetostoma milesi Fowler, 1941 (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). Zootaxa, 4105(2), 181–197. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4105.2.6
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