Rhinotridens

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Rhinotridens is a 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 catfishes in this genus are found in the Amazon Basin of South America.[2]

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Rhinotridens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Tridentinae
Genus: Rhinotridens
Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & de Pinna, 2023[1]
Type species
Rhinotridens chromocaudatus
Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & de Pinna, 2023[1]
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Species

Rhinotridens contains the following valid species:[2]

  • Rhinotridens britskii de Pinna, Reis, Pastana & Datovo, 2024
  • Rhinotridens chromocaudatus Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & de Pinna, 2023

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