Salpynx
| Salpynx | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| 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]
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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. Th catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Species
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
- ^ a b 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.