Biology:Tridentopsis
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Tridentopsis is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Tridentopsis brevis (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
- Tridentopsis cahuali Azpelicueta, 1990
- Tridentopsis pearsoni Myers, 1925
- Tridentopsis tocantinsi La Monte, 1939
Tridensimilis brevis is distributed in the Amazon River basin in Brazil, while 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.[2] Tridentopsis species grow to about 2.2 to 3 centimetres or 0.87 to 1.18 inches SL.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Tridentopsis". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Tridentopsis.
- ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Tridentopsis cahuali " in FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Tridentopsis pearsoni " in FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Tridentopsis tocantinsi " in FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Tridensimilis brevis " in FishBase. July 2007 version.
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