Tridensimilis
| Tridensimilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Genus: | Tridensimilis Schultz, 1944[3] |
| Species: | T. venezuelae
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| Binomial name | |
| Tridensimilis venezuelae Schultz, 1944[2]
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Tridensimilis is a monotypic 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 only species in this genus is Tridensimilis venezuelae.[2]
T. venezuelae is distributed in the Orinoco basin in Venezuela.[4] It grows to about 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) TL.[5]
References
- ^ Reis, R.; Lima, F. (2020) [amended version of 2009 assessment]. "Tridensimilis venezuelae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T167713A177250693. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T167713A177250693.en. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Tridensimilis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Tridentinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ^ 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.). "Tridensimilis venezuelae". FishBase. July 2007 version.