Tridentopsis
| Tridentopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Tridentinae |
| Genus: | Tridentopsis Myers, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| Tridentopsis pearsoni Myers, 1925
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Tridentopsis is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.
Species[]
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- , 1990
- Myers, 1925
- , 1939
T. cahuali originates from the Paraguay River basin in Argentina. T. pearsoni inhabits the upper Amazon River basin in Bolivia. T. tocantinsi lives in the Tocantins River basin in Brazil.[2] Tridentopsis species grow to about 2.2–2.3 centimetres (.87–.91 in) SL.[3][4][5]
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Tridentopsis in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Tridentopsis cahuali" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Tridentopsis pearsoni" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Tridentopsis tocantinsi" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
Categories:
- Trichomycteridae
- Fish of South America
- Fish of the Amazon basin
- Fish of Argentina
- Fish of Brazil
- Fish of Bolivia
- Taxa named by George S. Myers
- Catfish genera
- Freshwater fish genera
- Trichomycteridae stubs