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Pseudostegophilus

Pseudostegophilus is a genus of pencil catfishes native to rivers in tropical South America. The members of this genus are obligate parasites that feed on scales and mucus of other fish.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Pseudostegophilus nemurus

speciesPseudostegophilus nemurus

Pseudostegophilus maculatus

speciesPseudostegophilus maculatus

Pseudostegophilus haemomyzon

speciesPseudostegophilus haemomyzon

Pseudostegophilus paulensis

speciesPseudostegophilus paulensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91512.