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Trichomycteridae (parasitic catfishes and pencil catfishes)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Trichomycteridae are a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) commonly known as the pencil or parasitic catfishes. This family includes the infamous candiru fish, feared by some people for its alleged habit of entering into the urethra of humans. Another example of this fish is the "life monsefuano", which is considered a special and ritual dish of the north Peruvian cuisine. This family is prohibited from being imported into various parts of the USA.
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Genus

Acanthopoma (Catfish) (1)
Ammoglanis (6)
Apomatoceros (Catfish) (1)
Bullockia (Catfish) (1)
Cambeva (20)
Copionodon (5)
Eremophilus (Catfish) (1)
Glanapteryx (Catfish) (2)
Glaphyropoma (2)
Haemomaster (Catfish) (1)
Hatcheria (Catfish) (1)
Henonemus (Catfish) (5)
Homodiaetus (Catfish) (4)
Ituglanis (Catfish) (30)   (1)
Listrura (8)   (4)
Malacoglanis (Catfish) (1)
Megalocentor (1)
Microcambeva (8)
Miuroglanis (Catfish) (1)
Ochmacanthus (Catfish) (5)
Paracanthopoma (Catfish) (2)
Parastegophilus (Catfish) (2)
Paravandellia (Catfish) (2)
Pareiodon (Catfish) (1)
Plectrochilus (Catfish) (3)
Potamoglanis (4)
Pseudostegophilus (Catfish) (2)
Pygidianops (Catfish) (4)
Pygidium (2)
Rhizosomichthys (Catfish) (1)   (1)
Sarcoglanis (Catfish) (1)
Schultzichthys (2)
Scleronema (9)
Silvinichthys (7)
Stauroglanis (1)
Stegophilus (Catfish) (3)
Stenolicmus (2)
Trichogenes (Catfish) (3)   (1)
Trichomycterus (205)   (19)
Tridens (1)
Tridensimilis (Catfish) (2)
Tridentopsis (Catfish) (3)
Typhlobelus (Catfish) (5)   (1)
Vandellia (candiru) (6)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0