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	<dwc:Genus>Ochmacanthus</dwc:Genus>
	<dwc:ScientificName>Ochmacanthus alternus Myers, 1927</dwc:ScientificName>
	<commonName xml:lang='pt'>Candiru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Pantanal parasitic catfish</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='en'>Paraguay River candiru</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='et'>Harilik puuksäga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='fi'>Suomuloismonni</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='gn'>pirá-candú</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>chupa sangre</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Chupa-chupa</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>sanguijuela</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang='es'>Sumbichuga</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>副寄生鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>副寄生鲶</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>噬血寄生鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>噬血寄生鲶</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>居鰓鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>居鳃鲶</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>平胸毛鼻鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>平胸毛鼻鲶</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>蒂格氏居鰓鯰</commonName>
	<commonName xml:lang=''>蒂格氏居鳃鲶</commonName>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Branchioica bertoni Eigenmann, 1917</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Branchioica bertonii Eigenmann, 1917</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Branchioica teaguei (Devincenzi &amp; Vaz-Ferreira, 1939)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Parabranchioica teaguei Devincenzi &amp; Vaz-Ferreira, 1939</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Paravandellia bertoni (Eigenmann, 1917)</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Pleurophysus hydrostaticus Miranda Ribeiro, 1918</synonym>
	<synonym relationship='synonym'>Vandellia hematophaga Guimarães, 1935</synonym>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=83882&amp;speccode=48786'>FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2010. (Ref. 83882)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=105471&amp;speccode=48786'>eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471)</reference>
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	<reference isbn='1849954984' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=128868&amp;speccode=48786'>Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. 	Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868)</reference>
	<reference isbn='' url='http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=137577&amp;speccode=48786'>Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577)</reference><dataObject>
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	<dc:description>Found to exhibit parasitic traits (Ref. 6868).  Inhabits rivers with sandy to muddy bottom.Forages both during the day and at night seeks the gill chambers of larger fishes, especially catfishes.  Enters and leaves the gill chamber during the host's ventilating movements:  feeds on blood drawn from the gill filaments and may stay in the gill chamber for 1-3 min; when gorged with blood, moves to the bottom and buries itself in the sand.  A single large catfish tethered on the river bank may feed thousand of these parasitic catfish over a period of up to 6 hours.  Two females, 1.8 cm TL, caught in January (wet season) had about 150 mature oocytes each, and one male 2.0 cm TL had well-developed testes.  Large numbers of this fish may kill fishes tethered by fishermen (Ref. 40386).</dc:description>
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