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Pseudostegophilus nemurus (Günther, 1869)

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Its said to become attached to the gills, anal region and fins of dead, dying, or disabled fishes. Not recommended for the home aquaria. Diet: Difficult to feed with aquarium made foods as this is a species that feeds of fish, scales and body mucus so certainly a catfish for the specialist. Etymology: The specific name nemurus: Thread-tailed, from nëma, thread, and ourá, tail, referring to filamentous upper lobe of caudal fin. Remarks: The sub-family Stegophilinae have sucking mouths with which they can hang on to the bodies of other fishes. DoNascimiento, C. (2015): has placed Parastegophilus in the synonymy of Pseudostegophilus and you can still sometimes find the synonym, Parastegophilus nemurus, on online searches for this species.

Common Name:

Jaguar Candiru

Synonyms:

Stegophilus nemurus, Parastegophilus nemurus

Family:

Trichomycteridae

Distribution:

South America: Amazon River basin, Brazil and Peru. Type locality: Upper Amazon River, Peru.

Size:

12.0cm. (6ins)

Temp:

26-28°c (79-83°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Despite the little information available on this species, it is assessed as Least Concern due to its wide range and absence of threats (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

Brejão, G.L. 2023. Pseudostegophilus nemurus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
DoNascimiento, C. (2015): Morphological evidence for the monophyly of the subfamily of parasitic catfishes Stegophilinae (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) and phylogenetic diagnoses of its genera.
Copeia 103 (4): 933–960.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2006).

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Pseudostegophilus nemurus

Pseudostegophilus nemurus

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