Tridentinae

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Tridentinae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Tridentinae
C. H. Eigenmann, 1918 [1]
Type genus
Tridens [1]
C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889 [2]

Tridentinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. These catfishes are commonly known as the tiny pencil catfishes. [3] The species in this subfamily are found in South America. Tridentinae are characterised by having a very long anal fin which is supported by in excess of 15 fin rays. [4]

Genera

Tridentinae contains the following valid genera: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.
  2. 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 October 2025.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Nelson, Joseph S.; Terry C. Grande; Mark V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 214. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6.
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