Tridensimilis
Sign in to saveTridensimilis 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyTrichomycteridae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- Family
- Trichomycteridae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), LACM
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Brasil, Peru
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- Parent taxon
- Trichomycteridae
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- taxon name
- Tridensimilis
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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.
T. venezuelae is distributed in the Orinoco basin in Venezuela. It grows to about TL.
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