Chaetostoma pearsei[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae.

It is native to South America, where it occurs in the basins of the Tuy River and Lake Valencia in Venezuela.

[2] The species reaches 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length.

[3] The fish is named in honor of American zoologist Arthur Sperry Pearse (1877–1956), of the University of Wisconsin, who collected the holotype specimen.

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