Tridentopsis

Tridentopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Tridentinae
Genus: Tridentopsis
Myers, 1925
Type species
Tridentopsis pearsoni
Myers, 1925

Tridentopsis is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [1]

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 2.22.3 centimetres (.87.91 in) SL.[3][4][5]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Tridentopsis in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Tridentopsis cahuali" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Tridentopsis pearsoni" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Tridentopsis tocantinsi" in FishBase. July 2014 version.


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