All FishesLoricariidaeHypostominaeChaetostoma  |  | 

Hop to next section All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name Chaetostoma dermorhynchus  Boulenger, 1887
Common Name Carachama (Ecuador)
Type Locality Canelos, eastern Ecuador.
Synonym(s) Chaetostoma dermorhynchum
Pronunciation KATE oh STOW mah
Etymology Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth. 
Hop to next section Species Information
Size 250mm or 9.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification The genus Chaetostoma is not straightforward to identify, but as a general rule, the species has spines behind the gill-cover (interopercular odontodes), no plates on the abdomen, and aside from C. platyrhynchus also lack plates on the snout edge. Different from Ancistrus by not having fleshy tentacles on the snout.
Sexing The males have however a larger and broader head, slimmer ventral sides and disproportionately large pelvic fins. Perhaps the over-sized pelvic fins play a large role in the fertilization of the eggs. By inverting these over the clutch of eggs, they prevent the sperm cells being carried away by fast water current.
Hop to next section Habitat Information
Distribution South America: Pastaza, upper Bobonaza, Napo, and upper Curaray River basins in Ecuador.
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Pastaza (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Napo, Misahualli, Tena (click on these areas to find other species found there)

Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
Hop to next section Husbandry Information
Furniture Well rounded stones stacked to replicate a river bottom and provide caves.
Breeding Spawns in shallow, fast flowing water on the underneath of a flat object. Male, upside down, guards an adhesive clutch of eggs by, more or less, covering it with his body.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Hop to next section Further Information
Reference Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887 (pt 2) (art. 2) (for 1 Mar. 1887), pp 277, Pl. 22.
Registered Keepers There is no registered keeper.
Wishlists Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list.
There is no wish to keep this species.
Spotters Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars!
There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it.
Forum BBCode
Look up PlanetCatfish.com Look up C. dermorhynchus on PlanetCatfish.com
Look up on Fishbase Look up C. dermorhynchus on Fishbase
Look up on Encyclopedia of Life Look up C. dermorhynchus on Encyclopedia of Life
Look up on Global Biodiversity Information Facility Look up C. dermorhynchus on Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Chaetostoma dermorhynchus QR code LFS label creator
Last Update 2019 Oct 27 04:30 (species record created: 2015 Nov 03 17:06)