Pinna, Mário de;Dagosta, Fernando Cesar Paiva
Paravandellia
Sign in to saveParavandellia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Vandelliinae, the haematophagic catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyTrichomycteridae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- Family
- Trichomycteridae
- Collections
- AUM, USNM, ANSP, KU, FMNH, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Peru, Maynas, Ecuador, Brasil, Uruguay
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Paravandellia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Vandelliinae, the haematophagic catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
==Species== Paravandellia contains the following valid species:
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