Vandellia cirrhosa
Valenciennes, 1846
(Type species)
Synonyms
Almindelig Snyltemalle
Candirú
Canero
Harnröhrenwels
Penisfisch
Plectrochilus erythrurus
Urinophilus erythrurus
Vampire fish
Vandellia gigantea
Vandellia plazae
Candirú
Canero
Harnröhrenwels
Penisfisch
Plectrochilus erythrurus
Urinophilus erythrurus
Vampire fish
Vandellia gigantea
Vandellia plazae
Length (total)
approx. 17 cm
Recommended tank size
100 cm
Substrate
sand
Eats plants
not known
unknown
10 soft rays
24 soft rays
8 soft rays
8 soft rays
6 soft rays
24 soft rays
8 soft rays
8 soft rays
6 soft rays
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 286
- Valenciennes, 1846 "Des Éspces ou Lucioïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 18, P. 386)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1922 "On a new genus and two new species of Pygidiidae, a family of South American nematognaths" (Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Vol. 22, P. 113)
- Schmidt, R.E., 1987 "Redescription of Vandellia beccarii (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Guyana" (Copeia, 1987, P. 235)
- Zuanon, J. & Sazima, I. , 2004 "Vampire catfishes seek the aorta not the jugular: candirus of the genus Vandellia (Trichomycteridae) feed on major gill arteries of host fishes" (aqua International Journal of Ichthyology, Vol. 8 No. 1, P. 31)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 427)
- Barriga, R., 2011 "Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador" (Revista Politécnica, Vol. 30 No. 3, P. 111)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 72)
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