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Tridentopsis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Tridentinae
Genus:	Tridentopsis Myers, 1925
Type species
Tridentopsis pearsoni Myers, 1925

Tridentopsis is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

• 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. Tridentopsis species grow to about 2.2–2.3 centimetres (.87–.91 in) SL.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tridentopsis". FishBase. February 2012 version.
2. 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.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis cahuali". FishBase. July 2014 version.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis pearsoni". FishBase. July 2014 version.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridentopsis tocantinsi". FishBase. July 2014 version.

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