Vandellia sanguinea
Eigenmann, 1917
Synonyms
Candirú
Canero
Pencil Catfish
Canero
Pencil Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 7 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
blood
Eats plants
not known
unknown
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
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1917 "Descriptions of Sixteen New Species of Pygidiidae" (Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 56 No. 7, P. 701)
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1918 "The Pygidiidae, a family of South American catfishes" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 7 No. 5, P. 365)
- 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)
- Datovo, A. & Bockman F.A., 2010 "Dorsolateral head muscles of the catfish families Nematogenyidae and Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Loricarioidei): Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic analysis" (Neotropical Ichthyology, Vol. 2 No. 8, P. 216)
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