| Tridentopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Tridentopsis cahuali Azpelicueta, 1990
- Tridentopsis pearsoni Myers, 1925
- Tridentopsis tocantinsi La Monte, 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
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tridentopsis". 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis cahuali". FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis pearsoni". FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis tocantinsi". FishBase. July 2014 version.