In River Monsters, it appeared in Season 1 Episode 6 "Amazon Flesh Eaters". The Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa) is a species of parasitic catfish that lives in the Amazon Basin in South America. Attacks on people. The fish, vandellia cirrhosa exists, and is a bloodsucking parasite that definitely attacks other fish, and may or may not attack humans, possibly genitally or anally. 9. To make things more difficult, the candiru is shy, rare and poorly understood in its lifecycle, habits and taxonomy .

It’s a parasitic catfish that inserts its head into the gills of larger fish to drink their blood, so it might not be that far out to think it could insert itself into people, too. Literature in fish biology, studying the candiru's feeding habits, is inconclusive 18, 30, 31 and does not indicate any evidence of attacks on humans. Candiru, or vampire fish that it is known as locally, is pretty famous thanks to the myth that accredits this species with infecting the genitals of humans. Accounts of candiru attacks on humans aren’t a recent development. The size of the fish certainly allows its accommodation in a urethra. But it’s about five centimeters long and about a centimeter wide. The Candiru appears to live inside some Amazonian fishes' gills. Order: Siluriformes Family: Trichomycteridae Genus: Vandellia Species: Vandellia cirrhosa. In fact the American marine biologist who investigated the case suggested the likelihood of being attacked by a candiru in this manner was about as likely as “being struck by lightning whilst simultaneously being eaten by a shark”. The candiru fish of legend is most likely the South American catfish Vandellia cirrhosa. The idea that the fish are attracted by urine appears to be not right. Even with reports as old as the 1800s, the first written case of the removal of a candiru from a person did not occur until 1997, and even that incident is not believed by everyone. Perhaps, it is a case of “entry by mistake”? These smaller species are known for being thought to invade and make use of a person's urethra. Moray Eel . Moray eels are actually 200 separate species of fish but it is the giant moray that we are most interested in. In this episode, Jeremy investigated the only documented case of a Candiru attack on humans.
Moray eel. They can be traced back to the 19th and early 20th centuries..


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