Paracanthopoma cangussu

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Paracanthopoma cangussu
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Vandelliinae
Genus: Paracanthopoma
Species:
P. cangussu
Binomial name
Paracanthopoma cangussu

Paracanthopoma cangussu is a species of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Vandelliinae, the haematophagic catfishes. This catfish is found in Brazil and was described in 2021. [2]

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Description

The fish was classified noting differences from other congeners, including the number of odontodes (seven opercular). The number of dentary and premaxillary teeth combined is ten.

Diet

In common with the rest of its subfamily Vandelliinae, P. cangussu is hematophagous. However, several individuals used for the species description were found to have chironomid larvae in their guts. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paracanthopoma". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 Henschel, Elisabeth; Katz, Axel M.; Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2021). "A new candiru of the genus Paracanthopoma (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Araguaia River basin, central Brazil" . Journal of Fish Biology. 99 (6): 1990–1997. doi:10.1111/jfb.14906. ISSN   1095-8649.
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