Chaetostoma branickii Steindachner, 1881

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Chaetostoma branickii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypostominae, the suckermouth catfishes. This catfish is endemic to Peru where it is known from the Upper Chamaya River basin in the upper drainage of the Marañón River, the upper Cenepa and Huachi Rivers, and from its type locality in the Chota River. This species reaches a standard length of 13.2 cm (5.2 in). The specific name, branickii, was notexplained by the species describer, Franz Steindachner, but it is likely to be Hieronim Florian Radziwill Konstanty, Count Branicki, a Polish aristocrat, who employed the ornithologist Jan Sztolcman, the collector of the holotype.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Chaetostoma branickii Steindachner, 1881

Name authority

Steindachner, 1881

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Loricariidae

Genus

Chaetostoma

Extinction status

Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. gigaclassActinopterygii
8. superclassActinopteri
9. classTeleostei
10. orderSiluriformes
11. familyLoricariidae Rafinesque, 1815
12. subfamilyHypostominae Kner, 1853
13. tribeChaetostomatini Fowler, 1958
14. genusChaetostoma Tschudi, 1846
15. speciesChaetostoma branickii Steindachner, 1881

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Chaetostoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. Steindachner, & F. (1881). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flussfische Südamerika’s II. Denkschriften Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe., v. 43: 103–146, Pls. 1–7.Also as a separate, pp. 1–46, Pls. 1–7.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:5XQF4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.