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Trichomycteridae
candiru
Vandellia cirrhosa
Enters large fish gills for blood
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Mediumcandiru is a freshwater fish found around South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 17 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Trichomycteridae
- Genus
- Vandellia
- Maximum length
- 17 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon River basin.
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