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Silvinichthys

Silvinichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are endemic to Argentina. Many species are Phreatobites.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Silvinichthys gualcamayo

speciesSilvinichthys gualcamayo

Silvinichthys huachi

speciesSilvinichthys huachi

Silvinichthys pachonensis

speciesSilvinichthys pachonensis

Silvinichthys pedernalensis

speciesSilvinichthys pedernalensis

Silvinichthys leoncitensis

speciesSilvinichthys leoncitensis

Silvinichthys bortayro

speciesSilvinichthys bortayro

Silvinichthys mendozensis

speciesSilvinichthys mendozensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 92055.