Biology:Pareiodon microps
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Stegophilinae |
| Genus: | Pareiodon |
| Species: | P. microps
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| Pareiodon microps Kner, 1855
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Of Pareiodon
Of Pareiodon microps
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pareiodon microps" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0540-2020. PMID 33759921. PMC 8008855. https://www.scielo.br/j/rsbmt/a/TWkZYVT6YmppsXVdgDZVQcF/?format=pdf&lang=en. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
Wikidata ☰ Q3751853 entry
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