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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trichogenes is a genus of pencil catfishes. It is currently the only genus within the subfamily Trichogeninae.
Trichogenes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]
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