Tridens melanops

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]

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. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Tridens melanops" in FishBase. July 2007 version.