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Tridens melanops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Tridentinae
Genus:	Tridens Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
Species:	T. melanops
Binomial name
Tridens melanops Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889

Tridens melanops is a species of pencil catfish endemic to Brazil where it is native to the Amazon Basin. This species grows to a length of 2.7 centimetres (1.1 in) SL. This species is the only described species in its genus.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridens melanops". FishBase. February 2012 version.

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• Trichomycteridae
• Fish described in 1889
• Fish of the Amazon basin
• Pencil catfish of Brazil
• Endemic fish of Brazil
• Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
• Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann
• Trichomycteridae stubs