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Pareiodon microps

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Pareiodon microps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Pareiodon
Species:
P. microps
Binomial name
Pareiodon microps
Kner, 1855
Synonyms

Of Pareiodon

  • Centrophorus
    Kner, 1859
  • Astemomycterus
    Guichenot, 1860

Of Pareiodon microps

Pareiodon microps is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Pareiodon.[1] It is endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Amazon Basin.[1][2]

Like its stegophiline relatives, they possess a sucking, disk-like mouth, along with inter- and opercular spines which facilitates adhesion to its food items, though this species is a scavenger, unlike its ectoparasitic relatives. During feeding events involving vertebrate carcasses, P. microps may be associated with other species of scavengers; the whale candirus, Cetopsis candiru and Ce. coecutiens, are not closely related to P. microps despite also being considered "candiru"; the vulture catfish Calophysus macropterus is a much larger scavenger that may also join the candirus at the carcass.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pareiodon microps". FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. ^ Haddad Junior, Vidal; Zuanon, Jansen; Sazima, Ivan (2020–2021). "Medical importance of candiru catfishes in Brazil: A brief essay". Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine). 54: e0540-2020. doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0540-2020. PMC 8008855. PMID 33759921. Retrieved 1 November 2024.