Typový druh
Chaetostomus platycephalus Boulenger, 1898.
Původní popis
Lujan, N. K., Meza-Vargas, V. & Barriga Salazar, R. E. 2015. Two new Chaetostoma group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) sister genera from opposite sdes of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the description of one new species. Copeia v. 103 (no. 3): 651-663.