| Dentectus barbarmatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Loricariidae |
| Subfamily: | Loricariinae |
| Tribe: | Loricariini |
| Genus: | Dentectus Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1982 |
| Species: | D. barbarmatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dentectus barbarmatus Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1982 |
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Dentectus barbarmatus is the only species of the monotypic genus Dentectus, a genus of the family Loricariidae of catfish (order Siluriformes).[1]
This species occurs in the upper Orinoco drainage.[1] There is very little ecological and behavioral information on this species.[1]
This species reaches about 14 centimetres (5.5 in) SL.[2] Although it has been placed within the Pseudohemiodon group based on its strongly depressed body, filamentous lips with long fringed barbels, and small, spoon-shaped and dentition, Dentectus also shows unique derived features such as the presence of plates along the outer margin of its maxillary barbels, and a unique mouth structure that distinguishes it from all other genera.[1]