Tridentopsis
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| Tridentopsis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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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| Binomial name | |
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Tridentopsis cahuali |
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Tridentopsis is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes three species, T. cahuali, T. pearsoni, and T. tocantinsi.[1] 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.[1] Tridentopsis species grow to about 2.2–2.3 centimetres (.87–.91 in) SL.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf.
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2007). "Tridentopsis " in FishBase. July 2007 version.
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