Acanthopoma

Acanthopoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Acanthopoma
Lütken, 1892
Species:
A. annectens
Binomial name
Acanthopoma annectens
Lütken, 1892

Acanthopoma annectens is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Acanthopoma.[2] This fish grows to about 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL. It originates from the upper and middle Amazon River, and is known to occur in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[3] This species is parasitic, attacking like a leech and leaving wounds all over the fish which it attacks; it spreads a bundle of opercular and inter-opercular spines into the wound and remains there and is difficult to remove. It may invade parts of wading or swimming animals but apparently exist in these passages only for a short while, as they quickly die from a lack of oxygen.[3]

  1. ^ Brejão, G.L. (2023). "Acanthopoma annectens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T49829564A158816623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829564A158816623.en. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthopoma annectens". FishBase. July 2007 version.