''Genidens'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea catfish
The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.
Fossil ...
es found along the
Atlantic
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coast of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
. There are currently four recognized
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in this genus.
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Species
* '' Genidens barbus'' ( Lacépède, 1803) (white sea-catfish)
* '' Genidens genidens'' ( G. Cuvier, 1829) (Guri sea-catfish)
* '' Genidens machadoi'' ( A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1918)
* '' Genidens planifrons'' ( H. Higuchi, E. G. Reis & F. G. Araújo, 1982)
References
Ariidae
Catfish genera
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
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