Nematogenys

Nematogenys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Suborder: Loricarioidei
Family: Nematogenyidae
C. H. Eigenmann, 1927
Genus: Nematogenys
Girard, 1855
Type species
Trichomycterus inermis

Nematogenys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, it is the only genus in the family Nematogenyidae. This genus has one extant and one extinct species, both being found only in central Chile.

Species

Nematogenys contains the following species:

References

  1. ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nematogenyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 Maria De Las Mercedes Azpelicueta & Alfonso Rubilar (1998). "A Miocene Nematogenys (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Nematogenyidae) from south-central Chile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 18 (3): 475–483. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011075.
  4. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Nematogenys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 November 2025.