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1. Bullockia maldonadoi (i:3, k:0)
2. Eremophilus mutisii (i:8, k:1)
3. Haemomaster venezuelae (i:2, k:0)
4. Henonemus punctatus (i:1, k:0)
5. Henonemus taxistigmus (i:2, k:0)
6. Ituglanis amazonicus (i:4, k:1)
7. Ituglanis metae (i:8, k:4)
8. Ituglanis passensis (i:1, k:0)
9. Listrura nematopteryx (i:1, k:0)
10. Microcambeva barbata (i:0, k:0)
11. Microcambeva ribeirae (i:0, k:0)
12. Ochmacanthus cf. alternus (i:2, k:0)
13. Ochmacanthus orinoco (i:2, k:0)
14. Parastegophilus paulensis (i:2, k:0)
15. Paravandellia oxyptera (i:2, k:0)
16. Pareiodon sp. (1) (i:8, k:1)
17. Pseudostegophilus nemurus (i:8, k:3)
18. Rhizosomichthys totae (i:7, k:0)
19. Sarcoglanis simplex (i:2, k:0)
20. Stauroglanis gouldingi (i:1, k:0)
21. Stegophilus sp. (1) (i:1, k:0)
22. Trichogenes longipinnis (i:3, k:0)
23. Trichomycterus albinotatus (i:1, k:0)
24. Trichomycterus alternatus (i:5, k:1)
25. Trichomycterus arleoi (i:1, k:0)
26. Trichomycterus auroguttatus (i:1, k:0)
27. Trichomycterus immaculatus (i:1, k:0)
28. Trichomycterus itatiayae (i:1, k:0)
29. Trichomycterus maracaya (i:1, k:1)
30. Trichomycterus mirissumba (i:2, k:0)
31. Trichomycterus mondolfi (i:4, k:2)
32. Trichomycterus sp. (1) (i:4, k:0)
33. Trichomycterus striatus (i:1, k:0)
34. Tridensimilis brevis (i:6, k:4)
35. Tridensimilis venezuelae (i:7, k:1)
36. Vandellia cirrhosa (i:8, k:2)
37. Vandellia sanguinea (i:2, k:0)
Scroll down to next sectionThe catfish family Trichomycteridae
Trichomycteridae
 Pronounced  trick oh mick TERR id day
 Family Common Name  Parasitic Catfish
 Features  These elongate and small eel or worm-like catfishes are totally naked. They have small eyes placed on the top of their heads. Some species posses erectile spines on their gill plates. Only 2 of the 30 or so genera are truly parasitic.
 Distribution  South America
 Common Names  Although a fairly large family found in areas where commercial exporting is established, these fish are rarely collected for sale. The most commonly encountered name is their local name, 'Candiru'.
 Species  There are 37 species in 20 genera in the database
 Keepers  11 species (29%) are being kept by registered keepers
Scroll down to next section5 most popular genera
1. Ituglanis (5 keepers)
2. Tridensimilis (5 keepers)
3. Trichomycterus (4 keepers)
4. Pseudostegophilus (3 keepers)
5. Vandellia (2 keepers)
There are 2 keepers of species in the remaining 15 genera
Scroll down to next section25 most viewed species in order of hits
1. Pseudostegophilus nemurus (20.51%)
2. Vandellia cirrhosa (11.61%)
3. Eremophilus mutisii (9.59%)
4. Tridensimilis brevis (5.63%)
5. Ituglanis metae (3.94%)
6. Ochmacanthus orinoco (3.68%)
7. Paravandellia oxyptera (3.41%)
8. Ituglanis amazonicus (3.01%)
9. Trichomycterus mondolfi (2.91%)
10. Trichogenes longipinnis (2.87%)
11. Bullockia maldonadoi (2.86%)
12. Henonemus taxistigmus (2.72%)
13. Vandellia sanguinea (2.57%)
14. Trichomycterus alternatus (2.45%)
15. Ituglanis passensis (2.23%)
16. Stauroglanis gouldingi (2.14%)
17. Henonemus punctatus (2.13%)
18. Trichomycterus maracaya (2.07%)
19. Trichomycterus itatiayae (2.05%)
20. Parastegophilus paulensis (2.03%)
21. Pareiodon sp. (1) (2.02%)
22. Listrura nematopteryx (2%)
23. Trichomycterus mirissumba (1.87%)
24. Trichomycterus immaculatus (1.85%)
25. Trichomycterus albinotatus (1.85%)
74838 hits counted across all this family's species pages.


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