Chaetostoma sp. (L402) • Loricariidae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

Close-up of caudal fin
Close-up of suckermouth
Adult taken immediately after collection
Close-up of dorsal fin
Habitat: Shallow, shady and rock strewn stream
Habitat: Lifting flat stones to collect fish

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	Chaetostoma sp. (L402) Fowler, 1941
Common Name(s)	Bulldog Pleco, L402, Rubbernose Pleco
Pronunciation	KATE oh STOW mah
Etymology	Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth
Species Information
Size	130mm (5.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The genus Chaetostoma is not straight-forward 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. This species, from the Rio Zuata in Venezuela, is different from C. milesi in several respects, the most obvious being an almost double size vs. C. milesi. It has likely never been exported for the trade. If you think you have this species, it is likely that you've got 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.
General Remarks	This species is from an area in Venezuela that makes it very unlikely to appear in the trade - and it most certainly has never been exported for the trade.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Andean piedmont streams feeding into the Orinoco drainage. Orinoco , Middle Orinoco, Apure (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Omnivore. Will eat algae and small live or frozen food. Some individuals can be weaned onto pellet food although this usually takes some effort and trial and error on the part of the aquarist.
Furniture	Well rounded stones stacked to replicate a river bottom and provide caves.
Breeding	This species breeding has not been reported in the aquarium.
Further Information
References	Not. Nat. (Phila.)No. 73 - pp2 - Figs. 1-5
Registered Keepers	(1) jimlaroche83 (k: 2), (2) Sam (k: 2), (3) BioPod, (4) nurglespuss, (5) jeff.l, (6) browny85. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species. Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports	None.
More Resources	- Search Planet Catfish for more on Chaetostoma sp. (L402) - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Chaetostoma sp. (L402) on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Chaetostoma sp. (L402) on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
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Last Update	2011 Dec 07 07:48 (species record created: 2001 Apr 21 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Chaetostoma sp. (L402) Fowler, 1941

Common Name(s)

Bulldog Pleco, L402, Rubbernose Pleco

Pronunciation

KATE oh STOW mah

Etymology

Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth

Species Information

Size

130mm (5.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

The genus Chaetostoma is not straight-forward 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.

This species, from the Rio Zuata in Venezuela, is different from C. milesi in several respects, the most obvious being an almost double size vs. C. milesi. It has likely never been exported for the trade.
If you think you have this species, it is likely that you've got 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.

General Remarks

This species is from an area in Venezuela that makes it very unlikely to appear in the trade - and it most certainly has never been exported for the trade.

Habitat Information

Distribution

South America: Andean piedmont streams feeding into the Orinoco drainage.
Orinoco Show it on a map

, Middle Orinoco, Apure (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Omnivore. Will eat algae and small live or frozen food. Some individuals can be weaned onto pellet food although this usually takes some effort and trial and error on the part of the aquarist.

Furniture

Well rounded stones stacked to replicate a river bottom and provide caves.

Breeding

This species breeding has not been reported in the aquarium.

Further Information

References

Not. Nat. (Phila.)No. 73 - pp2 - Figs. 1-5

Registered Keepers

(1) jimlaroche83 (k: 2), (2) Sam (k: 2), (3) BioPod, (4) nurglespuss, (5) jeff.l, (6) browny85.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Add this species to your My Cats species list

Add this species to your "my cats" page.

Breeding Reports

None.

More Resources

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Chaetostoma sp. (L402)
Link

- BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts)
Look up AquaticRepublic.com

- Look up Chaetostoma sp. (L402) on AquaticRepublic.com
Look up Fishbase

- Look up Chaetostoma sp. (L402) on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search.
Link

- URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)

Hits

27249 hits.

Last Update

2011 Dec 07 07:48 (species record created: 2001 Apr 21 00:00)

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