Trichomycteridae Totally Explained

Everything about Trichomycteridae totally explained

Trichomycteridae is a family of catfishes (order Siluriformes) commonly known as the pencil or parasitic catfishes. This family includes the infamous candirú fish, feared by some people for its habit of entering into the urethra of humans.
This family is prohibited to import into various parts of the USA.

Taxonomy

Trichomycteridae comprises about 41 genera and 207 species. It is the second-most diverse family of the superfamily Loricarioidea. Numerous species still remain undescribed. A large clade within Trichomycteridae is also suggested that includes the subfamilies Tridentinae, Stegophilinae, Vandelliinae, Sarcoglanidinae and Glanapteryginae (the so-called TSVSG clade); this large clade in turn forms a larger monophyletic group with the two genera Ituglanis and Scleronema. The latter two genera are not classified in any of the subfamilies. It is widely distributed throughout the Neotropics. These fish originate from freshwater in Costa Rica, Panama, and throughout South America. The family extends from Panama southward to Chile and Argentina.

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