Tridens vitreus

Tridens vitreus Henschel, Ohara & Costa, 2023

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Tridentinae
Etymology: Tridens: Greek, tres tria = three + Latin, dens = teeth (Ref. 45335); vitreus: Name vitreus from the Latin word 'viteus', meaning 'glossy, translucent', in reference to the transparency of the head and body in life.

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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South America: Brazil.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137638)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal soft rays: 21; Vertebrae: 48 - 49. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: pelvic fin and girdle absent; 48 or 49 vertebrae and a total of 14 dorsal-fin rays; emarginate caudal fin; anal and the urogenital openings situated at a vertical through the centrum of the 25th vertebra; anal-fin origin at a vertical through the centrum of the 27th or 28th vertebrae; the mesehtmoid axis completely over its cornu; a shorter maxillary barbel, its tip reaching the first anterior 25% of the orbit length; premaxillary teeth 81-82; dorsal-fin rays 14; anal-fin rays 21; lateral-line pores 2; a slender frontal, its anterior half approximately two times wider than its posterior half width; a cartilaginous maxilla; a robust maxilla; a narrow joint between quadrate and hyomandibula; posterodorsal process of the hyomandibula 5% of the hyomandibula length; slender opercular patch of odontodes; interopercular odontodes 5; the upper hypural plate cartilage occupying about 25% of its length; the presence of a proximal, distal and ventral cartilages on the ventral hypohyal; 4 lateral process on the basibranchial present; cartilage block on the lateral process of the autopalatine absent; well developed ossification on the proximal margin of the ventral hypohyal absent; hypobranchial foramen absent; and anterior joint between the quadrate and base of the posterodorsal process of the hyomandibula absent (Ref. 137638).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species inhabits small white water stream with slow current and substrate predominantly composed of sand (Ref. 137638).

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Henschel, E., W.M. Ohara and W.J.E.M. Costa, 2023. Two newminiature translucent catfish species of the rare genus Tridens (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Madeira River basin, northern Brazil. J Fish Biol. 103:155-171. (Ref. 137638)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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