Chaetostoma chimu

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Loricariidae
Genus:	Chaetostoma
Species:	C. chimu
Binomial name
Chaetostoma chimu Urbano-Bonilla & Ballen, 2020