Freeloaders! 'Vampire' catfish which crave blood may travel through the Amazon river by using their larger hosts as taxis, study finds
A new study suggests vampire fish attach themselves to a larger host to navigate the difficult waters of the Amazon river In April 2019, researchers saw several inch-long Paracanthopoma attached to the sides of thorny catfish They were surveying and collecting fish species in the Rio Negro when they made their discovery It's unclear why candiru attach themselves, but it may be for protection or a phoretic association' Some species of candiru eat their host's scales, mucus and flesh By Chris Ciaccia For Dailymail.Com
Published: 19:44 BST, 20 September 2021 | Updated: 19:44 BST, 20 September 2021
The vampire fish, or candiru is known for being a parasite, sucking the blood of larger fish, and in one unusual case, swimming up a person's urethra.
However, a new study suggests that this species of catfish lurches on to a larger host in order to traverse the difficult waters of the Amazon river.
While conducting research in April 2019, Chiara Lubich, an ichthyologist at the Federal University of Amazonas, saw there were several inch-long candiru of the Paracanthopoma species that were attached to the sides of thorny catfish (Doras phlyzakion).
A new study suggests that vampire fish, or candiru, lurches on to a larger host in order to traverse the difficult waters of the Amazon river
While conducting research in April 2019, ichthyologist Chiara Lubich saw there were several inch-long candiru of the Paracanthopoma (inset) that were attached to the sides of thorny catfish
All together, Lubich and
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