Tridens (fish)
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| Tridens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Tridentinae |
| Genus: | Tridens C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tridens melanops C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889[2] | |
Tridens 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 South America.[3] Tridens is the type genus of the subfamily Tridentinae.[4]