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 2.2–2.3 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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