Tridensimilis
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| Tridensimilis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]