Tridensimilis

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Tridensimilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Tridensimilis
Schultz, 1944 [2]
Species:
T. venezuelae
Binomial name
Tridensimilis venezuelae
Schultz, 1944 [3]

Tridensimilis is a monotypic 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 only species in this genus is Tridensimilis venezuelae. [3]

T. venezuelae is distributed in the Orinoco basin in Venezuela. [4] It grows to about 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) TL. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Reis, R.; Lima, F. (2020) [amended version of 2009 assessment]. "Tridensimilis venezuelae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T167713A177250693. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T167713A177250693.en . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Tridentinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Tridensimilis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridensimilis venezuelae". FishBase . July 2007 version.
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