“…Currently 23 species have been documented in Colombia, which represents about half the known diversity in the genus. The species Chaetostoma aburrense (Posada, 1909), Chaetostoma anomalum Regan, 1903, Chaetostoma brevilabiatum Dahl, 1942, Chaetostoma fischeri Steindachner, 1879, Chaetostoma floridablancaensis Ardila Rodríguez, 2013, Chaetostoma lepturum Regan, 1912, Chaetostoma leucomelas Eigenmann, 1918, Chaetostoma marginatum Regan, 1904, Chaetostoma milesi Fowler, 1941, Chaetostoma niveum Fowler, 1944, Chaetostoma palmeri Regan, 1912, Chaetostoma patiae Fowler, 1945, Chaetostoma paucispinis Regan, 1912, Chaetostoma sovichthys Schultz, 1944, Chaetostoma tachiraense Schultz, 1944 and Chaetostoma thomsoni Regan, 1904 are found west of the Andes in trans‐Andean drainages (Maracaibo, Magdalena‐Cauca, Atrato and Pacific Coast, and Patia), whereas Chaetostoma anale (Fowler, 1943), Chaetostoma breve Regan, 1904, Chaetostoma dorsale Eigenmann, 1922, Chaetostoma formosae Ballen, 2011, Chaetostoma joropo Ballen et al ., 2016, Chaetostoma platyrhynchus (Fowler, 1943) and Chaetostoma vagum Fowler, 1943 are found east of the Andes in cis‐Andean drainages (Amazon and Orinoco) (Ballen, 2011; Ballen et al ., 2016; Chindoy et al ., 2019).…”