Long-finned cambeva

Trichogenes longipinnis

Fourteen Centimeters Trichomycterid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean

Tropical
Coastal
Southern Hemisphere
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
South America
Small
Tropical fish

Trichogenes longipinnis, the long-finned cambeva, species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. T. longipinnis is endemic to coastal streams in the Atlantic forest between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo States in southeastern Brazil.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Genus: Trichogenes
Water type: Freshwater