Tridentinae
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| Tridentinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Tridentinae C. H. Eigenmann, 1918[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Tridens[1] C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 [2]
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Tridentinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. These catfishes are commonly known as the tiny pencil catfishes.[3] The species in this subfamily are found in South America. Tridentinae are characterised by having a very long anal fin which is supported by in excess of 15 fin rays.[4]
Genera
[edit | edit source]Tridentinae contains the following valid genera:[2]
- Tridensimilis Miuroglanis
- C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & de Pinna, 2023
- Schultz, 1944 Tridentopsis
- Tridens Myers, 1925
- Rhinotridens C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889
References
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