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CAS 64655 (IU 15077) Chaetostomus pearsei Eigenmann [C. H.], 1920 Holotype  [Collection database record]
Correct spelling of genus is Chaetostoma.
pearsei, Chaetostomus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1920:8, Fig. 3; Pl. 2 [Indiana University Studies v. 7 (no. 44); ref. 11120] Río Castaño at Maracay, Venezuela. Holotype: CAS 64655 [ex IU 15077]. Paratypes: CAS 64656 [ex IU 15077] (3), 64657 [ex IU 15078] (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:230 [ref. 29155]. Original genus is correctly Chaetostoma. •Valid as Chaetostoma pearsei Eigenmann 1920 -- (Isbrücker 1980:63 [ref. 2303], Burgess 1989:436 [ref. 12860], Isbrücker 2001:26 [ref. 25653], Isbrücker 2002:13 [ref. 27178], Fisch-Muller in Reis et al. 2003:382 [ref. 27061], Salcedo 2006:218 [ref. 28842], Ferraris 2007:230 [ref. 29155], Lujan et al. 2015:666 [ref. 33975]). Current status: Valid as Chaetostoma pearsei Eigenmann 1920. Loricariidae: Hypostominae. Distribution: Lake Valencia and Tuy River basins, Venezuela. Habitat: freshwater.
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