Salpynx
| Salpynx | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Glanapteryginae |
| Genus: | Salpynx de Pinna, V. J. C. Reis & DoNascimiento, 2025[1] |
| Type species | |
| Salpynx trombetensis de Pinna, Reis & DoNascimiento, 2025[1] | |
| Species | |
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Salpynx is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae and the subfamily Glanapteryginae, the miniature pencil catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Species
[edit]Salpynx contains the following valid species:[2]
- Salpynx amapaensis (Mattos, W. J. E. M. Costa & Gama, 2008)
- Salpynx ephebus de Pinna, V. J. C. Reis & DoNascimiento, 2025
- Salpynx ix (Wosiacki, Coutinho & de Assis Montag, 2011)
- Salpynx trombetensis de Pinna, Reis & DoNascimiento 2025
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Glanapteryginae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Salpynx". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2025.