Trichomycteridae
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Trichomycteridae is a family of catfishes commonly known as pencil catfishes or parasitic catfishes. This family includes the candiru fish (Vandellia cirrhosa), feared by some people for its alleged habit of entering into the urethra of humans. They are one of the few parasitic chordates. Another species is the life monsefuano (Trichomycterus punctulatus) which was important to the Moche culture and still an important part of Peruvian cuisine.[2]
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Trichomycteridae | |
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Vandellia cirrhosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Superfamily: | Loricarioidea |
Family: | Trichomycteridae Bleeker, 1858 |
Subfamilies[1] | |
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This family is prohibited from being imported into various parts of the United States.[3]