Tridens melanops

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Tridens melanops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Tridentinae
Genus: Tridens
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Species: T. melanops
Binomial name
Tridens melanops
Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Tridens melanops is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Tridens.[1] This fish originates from Amazon River basin in Brazil.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  2. ^ "Tridens melanops". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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