Salpynx

Salpynx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Trichomycteridae
Subfamily:	Glanapteryginae
Genus:	Salpynx ; de Pinna, V. J. C. Reis & DoNascimiento, 2025
Type species
	Salpynx trombetensis; de Pinna, Reis & DoNascimiento, 2025
Species
	see text

Last updated November 26, 2025

Salpynx is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae and the subfamily Glanapteryginae, the miniature pencil catfishes. Th catfishes in this genus are found in South America.

Species

Salpynx contains the following valid species:^[2]

Salpynx amapaensis (Mattos, W. J. E. M. Costa & Gama, 2008)
Salpynx ephebus de Pinna, V. J. C. Reis & DoNascimiento, 2025
Salpynx ix (Wosiacki, Coutinho & de Assis Montag, 2011)
Salpynx trombetensis de Pinna, Reis & DoNascimiento 2025

References

1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Glanapteryginae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 17 November 2025.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Salpynx". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 November 2025.

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[Cof_family-1] 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Glanapteryginae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 17 November 2025.

[Cof_genus-2] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Salpynx". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 November 2025.

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