Chaetostoma pearsei

Chaetostoma pearsei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Chaetostoma
Species:	C. pearsei
Binomial name
Chaetostoma pearsei C. H. Eigenmann, 1920
Synonyms
Chaetostomus pearsei

Chaetostoma pearsei ^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Tuy River and Lake Valencia in Venezuela. ^[2]

Size

The species reaches 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length. ^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of American zoologist Arthur Sperry Pearse (1877–1956), of the University of Wisconsin, who collected the holotype specimen. ^[4]

References

1. "ITIS - Report: Chaetostoma pearsei". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
2. Fisch-Muller, S., 2003. Loricariidae-Ancistrinae (Armored catfishes). p. 373-400. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Chaetostoma pearsei". FishBase.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 February 2025.