Chaetostoma chimu[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Andean foothills of the Orinoco basin in Colombia. It was described in 2020 by Alexander Urbano-Bonilla and Gustavo A. Ballen on the basis of the distinctive morphology and coloration of the 119 specimens examined.[2] FishBase does not list this species.
| Chaetostoma chimu | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Genus: | Chaetostoma |
| Species: | C. chimu
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetostoma chimu Urbano-Bonilla & Ballen, 2020
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References
edit- ^ "BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Chaetostoma chimu {species}". v3.boldsystems.org. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Urbano-Bonilla, A., & Ballen, G. A. (2021). A new species of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Orinoco basin with comments on Amazonian species of the genus in Colombia. Journal of fish biology, 98(4), 1091–1104. doi:10.1111/jfb.14640
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