Vandellia is a genus of catfishes native to South America. The species in this genus are the most well-known of the parasitic catfishes also known as candiru, known for their alleged habit of entering the human urethra.[1]
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Vandellia is a genus of catfishes native to South America. The species in this genus are the most well-known of the parasitic catfishes also known as...
colloquial name given to the following varieties of fish: Candiru (fish) (Vandellia cirrhosa), a species of parasitic freshwater catfish Payara, a species...
catfishes or parasitic catfishes. This family includes the candiru fish (Vandellia cirrhosa), feared by some people for its alleged habit of entering into...
which consists of about 25 genera and 265 species occurring worldwide. Vandellia micrantha is eaten in Laos, but tastes bitter. Best known are the wishbone...
bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the candiru, Vandellia cirrhosa. Neither the armour-plated types nor the naked types have scales...
Despite its name, it is not closely related to the bloodsucking Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa). They are known by multiple names across their range. In Bolivia...
(2001). "Experiments on the feeding behavior of the hematophagous candiru, Vandellia cf. plazaii". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 60 (4): 459–464. doi:10...
combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia". Willdenowia. 43 (2). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin: 209–238...
new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia. (Willdenowia) 43:221-223....
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