Candiru catfishes in Brazil

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Description: English: (A): The blood-feeding Vandellia cirrhosa from the subfamily Vandelliinae after a full meal of blood and (B): while taking blood from the gills of a fish host. Note the engorged belly of the candiru after a blood meal, and blood leaking from the gill opening of the fish host. (C): The carrion-eating candiru Pareiodon microps from the family Stegophilinae. (D): A close-up of the head. Note the shape of the mouth and compare it with that of the whale candiru. (E): The whale candiru Cetopsis coecutiens from the subfamily Cetopsinae. Photos by Ivan Sazima and Jansen Zuanon (A, B) and by Jansen Zuanon and Efrem J. G. Ferreira. (C, D, E). Date: 2021. Source: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0540-2020. Author: Ivan Sazima, Jansen Zuanon, Efrem J. G. Ferreira. Other versions: This file has multiple extracted images: Vandellia cirrhosa after a full meal of blood.jpg Vandellia cirrhosa taking blood from a host.jpg The carrion-eating candiru Pareiodon microps.jpg Close-up of the head of Pareiodon microps.jpg The whale candiru Cetopsis coecutiens.jpg.