Tridentopsis
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Tridentopsis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Tridentinae, the pygmy pencil catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Tridentopsis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Tridentinae, the pygmy pencil catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Tridentopsis brevis (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. 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. Tridentopsis species grow to about SL.
References
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