Tridens melanops is a species of pencil catfish endemic to Brazil where it is native to the Amazon Basin. This species grows to a length of 2.7 centimetres (1.1 in) SL. This species is the only described species in its genus.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Tridentinae |
| Genus: | Tridens Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 |
| Species: | T. melanops
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| Tridens melanops | |
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tridens melanops". FishBase. February 2012 version.