Please Note: All our live fish orders are sent out on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays (excluding public holidays).
If your order contains any dried products such as food, spare parts, medications etc. Your order will be shipped out on the above days at the same time as your live fish (Mon-Wed).

Please keep this in mind when placing your order.

Chaetostoma formosae*, L187B
pH range: 6.8-7.8
Temp range: 20-25°C
Approx. purchase size: 4-5cm
Max size: 12cm
Diet: Algae-eating omnivore

Please check our livestock shipping page for more information.
The actual product may vary from the images shown on this website.
Hollywood Fish Farm will not be liable for any compatibility issues. If you are unsure about compatibility, please contact us directly before making a purchase.

*Imported as C. thomsoni, L187B. As noted from Planet Catfish:

“Variously and incorrectly labelled as C. thomsoni and others.

The name C. thomsoni has been misapplied in the hobby for years. It is commonly used in the hobby for a small gray Colombian Chaetostoma with dark edging to its scutes and dark spots on the head and rostrum. Miles’ description is of a fish with no dark markings. In fact, looking at the drawing of the holotype (above), C. thomsoni may in fact belong to the genus Lasiancistrus and not be a Chaetostoma at all.

Another complication is that the name Chaetostoma thomsoni has been misspelled in the aquarium hobby as Chaetostoma thomasi, leading to more confusion because fish continue to be sold using the name C. thomasi. There is no such animal as C. thomasi.”