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Trichomycteridae


Trichomycteridae
This South American family are commonly known as Parasitic Cats or by the local indigenous populations as "candiru". Stories abound on the notoriety of this family due to their habit of lodging themselves in the gill cavities of other larger fish and biting the gill filaments, thereby feeding on the blood. There has also been instances where they have entered the human urethra, probably by mistake, of bathers and mammals urinating under water.

Not a lot is known of them as aquarium fish and only experiences with them in a larger group could bring further information to the catfish enthusiast.

 

SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Scientific Names
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A
Ammoglanis amapaensis
Ammoglanis nheengatu
 
B
Bullockia maldonadoi
 
C
Cambeva balios
Cambeva barbosae
Cambeva botuvera
Cambeva cubataonis
Cambeva davisi
Cambeva flavopicta
Cambeva gamabelardense
Cambeva guaraquessaba
Cambeva guareiensis
Cambeva iheringi
Cambeva tupinamba
Cambeva ytororo
Cambeva zonata
 
E
Eremophilus mutisii
 
H
Henonemus punctatus
Henonemus taxistigmus
 
I
Ituglanis amazonicus
Ituglanis laticeps
Ituglanis metae
 
O
Ochmacanthus alternus
Ochmacanthus orinoco
 
P
Paravandellia phaneronema
Pareiodon microps
Pseudostegophilus maculatus
Pseudostegophilus nemurus
Pygidianops cuao
 
S
Scleronema minutum
Scleronema operculatum
 
T
Trichomycterus alternatus
Trichomycterus altipombensis
Trichomycterus araxa
Trichomycterus auroguttatus
Trichomycterus barbouri
Trichomycterus brasiliensis
Trichomycterus dali
Trichomycterus dispar
Trichomycterus gabrieli
Trichomycterus goeldii
Trichomycterus guianensis
Trichomycterus immaculatus
Trichomycterus jacupiranga
Trichomycterus longibarbatus
Trichomycterus macrophthalmus
Trichomycterus punctulatus
Trichomycterus puriventris
Trichomycterus saquarema
Trichomycterus sp. (1)
Trichomycterus sp. (2)
Trichomycterus spegazzinii
Trichomycterus spilosoma
Trichomycterus travassosi
Tridensimilis brevis
Tridensimilis venezuelae
Typhlobelus guacamaya
 
V
Vandellia beccarii
Vandellia cirrhosa
Vandellia sanguinea
Vandellia sp. (1)
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