Species that contain: Chaetostoma and anomalus [ 2 ] records

anomalus, Chaetostomus Regan [C. T.] 1903:599 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 11 (no. 66) (art. 79); ref. 15041] Merida; Río Albrieggas and Río Milla, Venezuela, elevation 1500-3500 meters. Syntypes: (many) BMNH 1903.4.28.31-34 (4), 1903.6.30.91-101 (9); USNM 133135 [ex BMNH 1903.6.30.91-102] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris & Vari 1992:26 [ref. 19771], Ferraris 2007:228 [ref. 29155]. Original genus is correctly Chaetostoma. •Valid as Chaetostoma anomalum Regan 1903 -- (Isbrücker 1980:59 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:435 [ref. 12860], Galvis et al. 1997:73 [ref. 23651] as anomala, Isbrücker 2001:26 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:13 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:379 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:228 [ref. 29155], Lujan & Armbruster 2011:224 [ref. 31416], Ballen 2011:388 [ref. 31653], Lujan et al. 2015:666 [ref. 33975], Ballen et al. 2016:195 [ref. 34396], Provenzano et al. 2017:264 [ref. 35613], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35633]). Current status: Valid as Chaetostoma anomalum Regan 1903. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Lake Maracaibo basin, Venezuela and Colombia. Habitat: freshwater.

dorsalis, Chaetostomus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1922:226 [Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 9 (no. 1); ref. 1243] Río Albirregas and Río Millo, near Merida, northwestern Venezuela. Holotype: CAS 77093 [ex IU 13940]. Paratypes: CAS 77094 [ex IU 13656], 82268 [ex IU 13940] (2), 82269 [ex IU 13946]; UMMZ (2). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:228 [ref. 29155]. Original genus is correctly Chaetostoma. Based on Chaetostomus anomalus Regan 1903 (in part, specimens from Merida and mountain streams above it). •Valid as Chaetostoma dorsale Eigenmann 1922 -- (Isbrücker 1980:60 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:435 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:26 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:13 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:380 [ref. 27061], Ferraris 2007:228 [ref. 29155], Ballen 2011:388 [ref. 31653], Lujan et al. 2015:666 [ref. 33975], Ballen et al. 2016:194 [ref. 34396], DoNascimiento et al. 2017:79 [ref. 35633], Urbano-Bonilla et al. 2018:75 [ref. 35773], Urbano-Bonilla & Ballen 2021:12 [ref. 38058]). Current status: Valid as Chaetostoma dorsale Eigenmann 1922. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Orinoco River basin: Colombia and Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.