Chaetostoma trimaculineum
| Chaetostoma trimaculineum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Chaetostoma |
| Species: | C. trimaculineum |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetostoma trimaculineum | |
Chaetostoma trimaculineum 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 found in the upper Santiago and middle Marañon river drainages in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru. This species reaches a standard length of 16 cm (6.3 in). Itcan be told apart from other Chaetostoma species by having three or four linear rows of distinct, round, nostril-sized black spots along the median, mid-dorsal, and dorsal plates of the body, three smaller white spots on the head and it has four branched rays in its anal fin.[2] This species was first formally described in 2015 by Nathan K. Lujan, Vanessa Meza-Vargas, Viviana Astudillo-Clavijo, Ramiro Edmundo Barriga-Salazar & Hernán López-Fernández with its type locality given as the Santiago River drainage, Morona-Santiago Province, confluence of the Changachangasa and Tutanangosa rivers and upstream in both, at 2°35'51.18"S, 78°11'10.38"W in Ecuador.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chaetostoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chaetostoma trimaculineum". FishBase. February 2026 version.