Tridentopsis

Taxobox
name = "Tridentopsis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Trichomycteridae
subfamilia = Tridentinae
genus = "Tridentopsis"
genus_authority = Myers, 1925
type_species = "Tridentopsis pearsoni"
type_species_authority = Myers, 1925
subdivision_ranks = Binomial name
subdivision =
"Tridentopsis cahuali"
Azpelicueta, 1990
"Tridentopsis pearsoni"
Myers, 1925
"Tridentopsis tocantinsi"
La Monte, 1939

"Tridentopsis" is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. It includes three species, "T. cahuali", "T. pearsoni", and "T. tocantinsi".cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] "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.Fishbase species|genus=Tridentopsis|species=|year=2007|month=July]

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