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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae Pencil or parasitic catfishes
Subfamily: Trichomycterinae
Genus: Scleronema

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9 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Scleronema angustirostre South America 6.4 TL 1942
Scleronema guapa South America 4.2 SL 2020
Scleronema ibirapuita South America 4.3 SL 2020
Scleronema macanuda South America 8.4 SL 2020
Scleronema mate South America 5.0 SL 2020
Scleronema milonga South America 3.9 SL 2020
Scleronema minutum South America 4 SL 1891
Scleronema operculatum South America 8 1917
Scleronema teiniagua South America 4.5 SL 2020



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