Tridentopsis

Tridentopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tridentopsis". 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis cahuali". FishBase. July 2014 version.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis pearsoni". FishBase. July 2014 version.
  5. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis tocantinsi". FishBase. July 2014 version.


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