Tridens (fish)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Tridentinae |
| Genus: | Tridens C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tridens melanops C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889[2]
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Tridens is a 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 catfishes in this genus are found in South America.[3] Tridens is the type genus of the subfamily Tridentinae.[4]
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Tridens chicomendesi Henschel & W. Costa, 2023
- Tridens melanops C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
- Tridens vitreus Henschel, Ohara & Costa, 2023
References
- ^ Eigenmann, C. H.; Eigenmann, R. S. (1889). "Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi, II". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 2: 28–56 [53]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.3477.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Tridens". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.