Animal Diversity Web

Paravandellia oxyptera

Pantanal parasitic catfish

(Also: Paraguay River candiru)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Siluriformes
        
        Family Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes)
        
        Genus Paravandellia
        
        Species Paravandellia oxyptera (Pantanal parasitic catfish)