Chaetostoma pearsei
| Chaetostoma pearsei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Chaetostoma |
| Species: | C. pearsei |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaetostoma pearsei C. H. Eigenmann, 1920 | |
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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
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Chaetostoma pearsei". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Chaetostoma pearsei". FishBase.
- ^ 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.