Biology:Trichogenes
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Trichogeninae Isbrücker, 1986 |
| Genus: | Trichogenes Britski & Ortega, 1983 |
| Type species | |
| Trichogenes longipinnis Britski & Ortega, 1983[1]
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Trichogenes is a genus of pencil catfishes. It is currently the only genus within the subfamily Trichogeninae.
A third species was described in 2020 from archival material of unknown origin. The wild distribution of the new species, T. beagle, is unknown.[2]
Distribution
Trichogenes species are endemic to Brazil .
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Trichogenes beagle de Pinna, Reis & Britski, 2020
- Trichogenes claviger de Pinna, Helmer, Britski & Nunes, 2010
- Trichogenes longipinnis Britski & Ortega, 1983
References
- ↑ Britski, H. A.; Ortega, H. (1983). "Trichogenes longipinnis, novo gênero e espécie de Trichomycterinae do sudeste do Brasil (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (in pt). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 1 (3): 211–216. doi:10.1590/s0101-81751982000300011. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v1n3/v1n3a11.pdf.
- ↑ Pinna, Mário C. C. de; Reis, Vinícius (Vinícius José Carvalho); Britski, Heraldo A. (2020-04-23) (in en-US). A new species of Trichogenes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with a discussion on the homologies of the anterior orbital bones in trichomycterids and other loricarioids. (American Museum novitates, no. 3951). http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/7115.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Trichogenes in FishBase. July 2014 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q6584489 entry
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