The Only Vertebrate Parasites of Humans: Candiru Catfishes, Families Trichomycteridae and Cetopsidae

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The Only Vertebrate Parasites of Humans: Candiru Catfishes, Families Trichomycteridae & Cetopsidae

By Bob Fenner

A Whale Catfish, Cetopsid, in captivity

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Cetopsis coecutiens, (Lichtenstein 1819), Whale Catfish. To about ten inches in length. Here is an ever-active specimen in captivity.
http://fishbase.org/Summary/species
Summary.php?ID=48618&genusname=
Cetopsis&speciesname=coecutiens

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