Animalia > Chordata > Siluriformes > Trichomycteridae > Pseudostegophilus

Pseudostegophilus (Catfish)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudostegophilus is a genus of pencil catfishes native to rivers in tropical South America. The members of this genus are obligate parasites that feed on scales and mucus of other fish.
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Species

Pseudostegophilus haemomyzon
Pseudostegophilus nemurus (Catfish)

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