Biology:Tridentopsis
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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: | Tridentinae |
| Genus: | Tridentopsis Myers, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| Tridentopsis pearsoni Myers, 1925
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Tridentopsis is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Tridentopsis cahuali Azpelicueta, 1990
- Tridentopsis pearsoni Myers, 1925
- Tridentopsis tocantinsi La Monte, 1939
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 2.2–2.3 centimetres (.87–.91 in) SL.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Tridentopsis in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5032175 entry
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