Potamoglanis
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| Potamoglanis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Potamoglanidinae Reis, Lecointre & de Pinna, 2025[1] |
| Genus: | Potamoglanis Henschel, Mattos, Katz & W. Costa, 2018[2] |
| Type species | |
| Pygidium hasemani C. H. Eigenmann, 1914[2] | |
Potamoglanis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. It is the only genus in the mongeneric subfamily Potamoglanidinae and are known as the pygmy pencil catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.