Tridensimilis

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]

Tridensimilis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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]

T. venezuelae is distributed in the Orinoco basin in Venezuela.^[4] It grows to about 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) TL.^[5]