Tridentopsis is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.
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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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Species edit
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 edit
- ^ 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Tridentopsis cahuali" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Tridentopsis pearsoni" in FishBase. July 2014 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Tridentopsis tocantinsi" in FishBase. July 2014 version.