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Candiru (
Vandellia cirrhosa), also
known as cañero,
toothpick fish, or
vampire fish, is a
species of
parasitic freshwater catfish in the
family Trichomycteridae...
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Vandellia is a
genus of
catfishes native to
South America. The
species in this
genus are the most well-known of the
parasitic catfishes also
known as...
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colloquial name
given to the
following varieties of fish:
Candiru (fish) (
Vandellia cirrhosa), a
species of
parasitic freshwater catfish Payara, a species...
- (2001). "Experiments on the
feeding behavior of the
hematophagous candiru,
Vandellia cf. plazaii".
Environmental Biology of Fishes. 60 (4): 459–464. doi:10...
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which consists of
about 25
genera and 265
species occurring worldwide.
Vandellia micrantha is
eaten in Laos, but
tastes bitter. Best
known are the wishbone...
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catfishes or
parasitic catfishes. This
family includes the
candiru fish (
Vandellia cirrhosa),
feared by some
people for its
alleged habit of
entering into...
- bottom), and even to a tiny
parasitic species commonly called the candiru,
Vandellia cirrhosa.
Neither the armour-plated
types nor the
naked types have scales...
- Benth.
Vandellia anagallis var.
verbenifolia (Colsm.) T.Yamaz.
Vandellia pachypoda Franch. & Sav.
Vandellia serrata (Thunb.)
Nakai Vandellia verbenifolia...
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Despite its name, it is not
closely related to the
bloodsucking Candiru (
Vandellia cirrhosa). They are
known by
multiple names across their range. In Bolivia...
- (Phractocephalus hemioliopterus)
Gilded catfish (Zungaro zungaro) Candirú (
Vandellia cirrhosa) Candirú-Acú (Cetopsis candiru) Black-tailed
payara (Hydrolycus...
