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Vandellia cirrhosa after a full meal of blood🐟

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SpeciesSiluriformesTrichomycteridae
Fish

🐟Candiru

Vandellia cirrhosa Valenciennes, 1846

Vandélie obecná zastarale šulinokaz cizopasný (také kandiru; rybí upír, Vandellia cirrhosa; Valenciennes, 1846) je drobná sladkovodní ryba z čeledi kandirovitých, která dorůstá maximální délky 6 cm a šířky 5 mm. Je to poloprůsvitný sumec úhořovitého tvaru těla. Žije v tropických sladkých vodách Jižní Ameriky, v povodí Amazonky a Orinoka, kde je domorodci považován za jedno z největších známých nebezpečí číhajících ve vodě. Kandiru je zde mnohonásobně obávanější než známější piraňa. Kandiru se také dokáže přichytit na kůži hostitelské ryby a přemisťovat se tak na větší vzdálenosti.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.17 m
Shoulder height
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Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
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Maximum lifespan
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Body length
0.17 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
4.4
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
traumatogenic
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyTrichomycteridae
  5. ›genusVandellia
  6. ›speciesVandellia cirrhosa
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. suborderLoricaroidei
  3. familyTrichomycteridae
  4. genusVandellia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCharaciphysae
  10. orderSiluriformes
  11. suborderLoricaroidei
  12. familyTrichomycteridae
  13. genusVandellia
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Candiru (pt), Candiru (fr), 寄生鲇 (zh), Candiru (vi), candirú (ca), Vandellia cirrhosa (de) … and 22 more languages
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