The Vandelliinae are a subfamily of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae. Vandelliines are hematophagous, feeding on the blood of larger fish. Members of this subfamily may be known as candirú, notorious for occasionally entering human bodily orifices, particularly the urethra; no evidence indicates such attacks are anything more than rare and accidental perversions of the usual feeding behaviour of the parasite — it seems unlikely that it would survive in the human body for long, so such an entry should be disastrous for both parties. In the usual course of events, parasitic vandelliines enter the body cavities of host fishes, feed on blood from gill filaments, and leave again.[1]
Vandelliines usually parasitise ostariophysan fishes such as pimelodids, doradids, and characins.[2] The eyes of Vandelliinae species are relatively large among catfishes, indicating sight may be important in prey detection.[2]
vandelliinae, subfamily, catfishes, order, siluriformes, family, trichomycteridae, vandelliines, hematophagous, feeding, blood, larger, fish, members, this, subfamily, known, candirú, notorious, occasionally, entering, human, bodily, orifices, particularly, ur. The Vandelliinae are a subfamily of catfishes order Siluriformes of the family Trichomycteridae Vandelliines are hematophagous feeding on the blood of larger fish Members of this subfamily may be known as candiru notorious for occasionally entering human bodily orifices particularly the urethra no evidence indicates such attacks are anything more than rare and accidental perversions of the usual feeding behaviour of the parasite it seems unlikely that it would survive in the human body for long so such an entry should be disastrous for both parties In the usual course of events parasitic vandelliines enter the body cavities of host fishes feed on blood from gill filaments and leave again 1 VandelliinaeVandellia cirrhosaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder SiluriformesFamily TrichomycteridaeSubfamily VandelliinaeBleeker 1862Type genusVandelliaValenciennes 1846GeneraParacanthopomaParavandelliaPlectrochilusVandelliaVandelliines usually parasitise ostariophysan fishes such as pimelodids doradids and characins 2 The eyes of Vandelliinae species are relatively large among catfishes indicating sight may be important in prey detection 2 References edit Nelson Joseph S 2006 Fishes of the World John Wiley amp Sons Inc ISBN 0 471 25031 7 a b Spotte Stephen Petry Paulo Zuanon Jansen A S 2001 Experiments on the feeding behavior of the hematophagous candiru Vandellia cf plazaii Environmental Biology of Fishes 60 4 459 464 doi 10 1023 A 1011081027565 This Trichomycteridae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vandelliinae amp oldid 1193910534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
