Silvinichthys

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Silvinichthys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Silvinichthys
Arratia, 1998 [1]
Type species
Trichomycterus mendozensis
Arratia, Chang G., Menu-Marque & Rojas M., 1978 [1]

Silvinichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are endemic to Argentina. Many species are Phreatobites. [2]

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Trichomycterinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Fernández, Luis; de Pinna, Mario C. C.; Armbruster, J. W. (2005). "Phreatic Catfish of the Genus Silvinichthys from Southern South America (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae)". Copeia. 2005 (1): 100–108. doi:10.1643/CI-03-158R2. ISSN   0045-8511. S2CID   85875502.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Silvinichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Fernández, L., Sanabria, E.A. & Quiroga, L.B. (2013): Silvinichthys gualcamayo, a new species of catfish from the central Andes of Argentina (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (4): 367-373.
  5. ↑ Fernández, L., Sanabria, E.A., Quiroga, L.B. & Vari, R.P. (2014): A new species of Silvinichthys (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) lacking pelvic fins from mid-elevation localities of the southern Andes, with comments on the genus. Journal of Fish Biology, 84 (2): 372–382.
  6. ↑ Fernández, L., Dominino, J., Brancolini, F. & Baigún, C. (2011): A new catfish species of the genus Silvinichthys (Teleostei: Trichomycteridae) from Leoncito National Park, Argentina. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (3): 227-232.
  7. ↑ Fernández, L. & Liotta, J. (2016): Silvinichthys pachonensis, a new catfish from high altitude, with a key to the species of the genus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 375-383.
  8. ↑ Fernández, L., Sanabria, E.A. & Quiroga, L.B. (2017): Description of Silvinichthys pedernalensis n. sp. (Teleostei, Siluriformes) from the Andean Cordillera of southern South America. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 40 (1): 41-47.
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