Trichogenes

Trichogenes is a genus of pencil catfishes. It is currently the only genus within the subfamily Trichogeninae.

Trichogenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichogeninae
Isbrücker, 1986
Genus: Trichogenes
Britski & Ortega, 1983
Type species
Trichogenes longipinnis
Britski & Ortega, 1983[1]

A third species was described in 2020 from archival material of unknown origin. The wild distribution of the new species, T. beagle, is unknown.[2]

Distribution

Trichogenes species are endemic to Brazil.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Trichogenes beagle de Pinna, Reis & Britski, 2020
  • Trichogenes claviger de Pinna, Helmer, Britski & Nunes, 2010
  • Trichogenes longipinnis Britski & Ortega, 1983

References
  1. Britski, H. A. & Ortega, H. (1983). "Trichogenes longipinnis, novo gênero e espécie de Trichomycterinae do sudeste do Brasil (Pisces, Siluriformes)" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia (in Portuguese). 1 (3): 211–216. doi:10.1590/s0101-81751982000300011.
  2. Pinna, Mário C. C. de; Reis, Vinícius (Vinícius José Carvalho); Britski, Heraldo A. (2020-04-23). "A new species of Trichogenes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with a discussion on the homologies of the anterior orbital bones in trichomycterids and other loricarioids. (American Museum novitates, no. 3951)". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Trichogenes in FishBase. July 2014 version.


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