Tridensimilis
| Tridensimilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Tridentinae |
| Genus: | Tridensimilis Schultz, 1944 |
| Type species | |
| Tridensimilis venezuelae Schultz, 1944 | |
Tridensimilis is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [1]
T. brevis is distributed in the Amazon River basin in Brazil, while T. venezuelae is distributed in the Orinoco basin in Venezuela.[2] Both species grow to about 2.5–3.0 centimetres (.98–1.2 in) TL.[3][4] T. brevis lives in the sand of shallow rivers and creeks. It is parasitic, entering the gill chambers of larger catfishes. It is also known for entering, probably by mistake, the urethra of mammals urinating under water.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Tridensimilis in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Trindensimilis brevis" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Trindensimilis venezuelae" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
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