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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familyCetopsidae
  5. ›genusCetopsis
Cetopsis candiru
Burkhardt, Jacques (Public domain) · Wikimedia Commons. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.
IUCN LC · Least concern

Candiru-Asu

Cetopsis candiru Spix & Agassiz, 1829

Also calledCandiru (por) · Candiru açu (por) · Candiru caçu (por) · Candiru piranga (por) · Candiru vermelho (por) · Candiru-açu (por) · Canero (spa) · Ciego (spa) · Rosvovalasmonni (fin) · velrybovec kandiru (ces) · Кандиру (rus) · ピンクカンディル (jpn)

First described in: Spix, J. B.; von; Agassiz, L. (1829-1831). Selecta genera et species piscium quos in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX : jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis augustissimi peracto. <em>Monachii.</em> Part 1: i-xvi + i-ii + 1-6 + 1-82, Pls. 1-48, Part 2: 83-138, Pls. 49-101. [Part 1 published June 1829, part 2 Jan. 1831.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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Every page naming Cetopsis candiru in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2338022.