Trichogenes

Trichogenes
Trichogenes claviger
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Trichogeninae
Isbrücker, 1986
Genus: Trichogenes
Britski & Ortega, 1983
Type species
Trichogenes longipinnis
Britski & Ortega, 1983

Trichogenes is a genus of pencil catfishes. It is currently the only genus within the subfamily Trichogeninae.

A third species, T. beagle, was described in 2020 from archival material of unknown origin. The occurrence of the new species in the wild is unknown.