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Vandellia cirrhosa Valenciennes, 1846

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Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, Georges & A. Valenciennes. 1846.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Siluriformes
family
Trichomycteridae
genus
Vandellia
species
Vandellia cirrhosa

Name

Synonyms
Plectrochilus erythrurus (Eigenmann, 1922)
Urinophilus erythrurus Eigenmann, 1922
Vandellia balzanii Perugia, 1897
Vandellia gigantea Cornalia, 1849
Vandellia plazae Günther, 1864
Vandellia plazaii Castelnau, 1855
Homonyms
Vandellia cirrhosa Valenciennes, 1846
Common names
Almindelig snyltemalle in Danish
Candiru in English
Candiru in German
Candiru in English
Candiru in Portuguese
Candiru de cavalo in Portuguese
Canero in Spanish
Kandiru in Estonian
Loismonni in Finnish
Wandelia a. kandyra in Polish
ванделлия in Russian
кандиру in Russian
сомик -кандиру in Russian
寄生鯰 in language.
寄生鲶 in language.
普氏寄生鯰 in language.
普氏寄生鲶 in language.
紅尾錘形鯰 in language.
红尾锤形鲶 in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Castro, D. & A. Arboleda. 1988. Lista preliminar de los peces del río Caquetá, Colombia. Boletín Facultad de Biología Marina 8: 7-14. | de Pinna, M. D. & W.B. Wosiacki. 2003. Family Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes). pp 270-290. In: Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris Jr., C.J. (Eds), Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. EDIPUCRS. Porto Alegre. 729 pp.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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