Rhinotridens

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Rhinotridens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Tridentinae
Genus: Rhinotridens
Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & de Pinna, 2023 [1]
Type species
Rhinotridens chromocaudatus
Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & de Pinna, 2023 [1]

Rhinotridens is a 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 catfishes in this genus are found in the Amazon Basin of South America. [2]

Species

Rhinotridens contains teh following valid species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Tridentinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhinotridens". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 November 2025.