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Trichomycteridae Bleeker, 1858

154621 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154621)

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  1. Subfamily Copionodontinae de Pinna, 1992
    1. Genus Copionodon de Pinna, 1992
    2. Genus Glaphyropoma de Pinna, 1992
  2. Subfamily Glanapteryginae Myers, 1944
    1. Genus Glanapteryx Myers, 1927
    2. Genus Hyaloglanis de Pinna, Reis & DoNascimiento, 2025
    3. Genus Listrura de Pinna, 1988
    4. Genus Pygidianops Myers, 1944
    5. Genus Salpynx de Pinna, Reis & DoNascimiento, 2025
    6. Genus Typhlobelus Myers, 1944
  3. Subfamily Potamoglaninae Reis, Lecointre & de Pinna, 2025
    1. Genus Potamoglanis Henschel, Mattos, Katz & Costa, 2017
  4. Subfamily Sarcoglanidinae Myers & Weitzman, 1966
    1. Genus Ammoglanis Costa, 1994
    2. Genus Malacoglanis Myers & Weitzman, 1966
    3. Genus Microcambeva Costa & Bockmann, 1994
    4. Genus Sarcoglanis Myers & Weitzman, 1966
    5. Genus Stauroglanis de Pinna, 1989
    6. Genus Stenolicmus de Pinna & Starnes, 1990
  5. Subfamily Stegophilinae Günther, 1864
    1. Genus Acanthopoma Lütken, 1892
    2. Genus Apomatoceros Eigenmann, 1922
    3. Genus Arhinoglanis DoNascimiento, Ortega-Lara, Albornoz-Garzón, Román-Valencia & Lujan, 2026
    4. Genus Haemomaster Myers, 1927
    5. Genus Henonemus Eigenmann & Ward, 1907
    6. Genus Homodiaetus Eigenmann & Ward, 1907
    7. Genus Megalocentor de Pinna & Britski, 1991
    8. Genus Ochmacanthus Eigenmann, 1912
    9. Genus Pareiodon Kner, 1855
    10. Genus Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
    11. Genus Schultzichthys Dahl, 1960
    12. Genus Stegophilus Reinhardt, 1859
    13. Genus Gyrinurus Miranda Ribeiro, 1912 accepted as Ochmacanthus Eigenmann, 1912
    14. Genus Paradostegophilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1946 accepted as Parastegophilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1946 accepted as Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    15. Genus Parastegophilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1946 accepted as Pseudostegophilus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Subfamily Trichogeninae Isbrücker, 1986
    1. Genus Trichogenes Britski & Ortega, 1983
  7. Subfamily Trichomycterinae Bleeker, 1858
    1. Genus Bullockia Arratia, Chang, Menu-Marque & Rojas, 1978
    2. Genus Cambeva Katz, Barbosa, Mattos & Costa, 2018
    3. Genus Eremophilus Humboldt, 1805
    4. Genus Hatcheria Eigenmann, 1909
    5. Genus Ituglanis Costa & Bockmann, 1993
    6. Genus Oreiadoglanis Costa & Katz, 2025
    7. Genus Rhizosomichthys Miles, 1943
    8. Genus Scleronema Eigenmann, 1917
    9. Genus Silvinichthys Arratia, 1998
    10. Genus Trichomycterus Valenciennes, 1832
    11. Genus Pygidium Meyen, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    12. Genus Thrichomycterus Humboldt, 1805 accepted as Eremophilus Humboldt, 1805
  8. Subfamily Tridentinae Eigenmann, 1918
    1. Genus Miuroglanis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
    2. Genus Rhinotridens Datovo, Ochoa, Vita, Presti, Ohara & de Pinna, 2023
    3. Genus Tridens Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889
    4. Genus Tridensimilis Schultz, 1944
    5. Genus Tridentopsis Myers, 1925
  9. Subfamily Vandelliinae Bleeker, 1862
    1. Genus Paracanthopoma Giltay, 1935
    2. Genus Paravandellia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
    3. Genus Plectrochilus Miranda Ribeiro, 1917
    4. Genus Vandellia Valenciennes, 1846
    5. Genus Branchioica Eigenmann, 1917 accepted as Paravandellia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    6. Genus Parabranchioica Devincenzi & Vaz-Ferreira in Devincenzi, 1939 accepted as Paravandellia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
    7. Genus Pleurophysus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918 accepted as Paravandellia Miranda Ribeiro, 1912
    8. Genus Urinophilus Eigenmann, 1918 accepted as Vandellia Valenciennes, 1846
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trichomycteridae Bleeker, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154621 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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