Potamoglanis

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Potamoglanis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Potamoglanidinae
Reis, Lecointre & de Pinna, 2025 [1]
Genus: Potamoglanis
Henschel, Mattos, Katz & W. Costa, 2018 [2]
Type species
Pygidium hasemani

Potamoglanis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. It is the only genus in the mongeneric subfamily Potamoglanidinae and are known as the pygmy pencil catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.

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Taxonomy

Potamoglanis was first proposed as a genus in 2018 by Elisabeth Henschel, José Leonardo de Oliveira Mattos, Axel Makay Katz and Wilson José Eduardo Moreira da Costa with Pygidium hasemani as its type species. [2] This taxon was previously included in the subfamily Tridentinae but it is now classified in its own monogeneric subfamily Potamoglanidinae. [3] This subfamily is classified within the family Tichomyteridae of the suborder Loricarioidei within the order Siluriformes, the catfishes. [1]

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 Richard van der Laan; Ronald Fricke (eds.). "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Potamoglanidinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Vinícius Reis; Guillaume Lecointre; Mário de Pinna (2025). "The Trichomycteridae". In Gloria Arratia; Roberto E. Reis (eds.). Catfishes, a Highly Diversified Group. Vol. 2: Evolution and Phylogeny. CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9781003374312. ISBN   9781003374312.
  4. ↑ Dutra, G.M.; Wosiacki, W.B.; Pinna, M.C.C.d. (2012). "Trichomycterus anhanga, a new species of miniature catfish related to T. hasemani and T. johnsoni (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Amazon basin, Brazil" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 10 (2): 225–231. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252012000200001.
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