Synonyms
Candirú
Canero
Canero
Length (total)
7 - 17 cm
Mouth
Jaw
Similar Genus
Internet sources
- Valenciennes, 1846 "Des Éspces ou Lucioïdes" (Histoire naturelle des poissons, Vol. 18, P. 386)
- 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)
Species
Species
Country
Origin
Country
Origin
Length
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(cm)
AQ
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(cm)
T.
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Bree
ding
ding
Vandellia beccarii
Di Caporiacco, 1935
Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
Essequibo River, río Orinoco-Einzug
Di Caporiacco, 1935
Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
Essequibo River, río Orinoco-Einzug
Schmidt, R.E., 1987 "Redescription of Vandellia beccarii (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Guyana"
Wosiacki, W.B., 2004 "New species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the headwaters of the rio São Francisco "
Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)"
Wosiacki, W.B., 2004 "New species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the headwaters of the rio São Francisco "
Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)"
7
60
unknown
Vandellia cirrhosa
Valenciennes, 1846
Bolivien, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Amazonas-, rio Solimões-, río Orinoco-Einzug, río Beni, río Napo, río Ucayali
(Amazonas, Pará, Loreto, Napo)
Valenciennes, 1846
Bolivien, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Amazonas-, rio Solimões-, río Orinoco-Einzug, río Beni, río Napo, río Ucayali
(Amazonas, Pará, Loreto, Napo)
17
100
unknown
Vandellia sanguinea
Eigenmann, 1917
Bolivien, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
Rio Madeira, Amazonas-, rio Solimões-, río Orinoco-Einzug
(AmazonasAmazonas (BRA) Amazonas (VEN))
Eigenmann, 1917
Bolivien, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela
Rio Madeira, Amazonas-, rio Solimões-, río Orinoco-Einzug
(AmazonasAmazonas (BRA) Amazonas (VEN))
7
60
unknown
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Francis de Castelnau (1856) (PD)
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