Tridentopsis

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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
Binomial name

Tridentopsis cahuali
Azpelicueta, 1990
Tridentopsis pearsoni
Myers, 1925
Tridentopsis tocantinsi
La Monte, 1939

Tridentopsis is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes three species, T. cahuali, T. pearsoni, and T. tocantinsi.[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.[1] Tridentopsis species grow to about 2.2–2.3 centimetres (.87–.91 in) SL.[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. ^ "Tridentopsis ". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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