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Trichomycteridae
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- In ostariophysan: Annotated classification
Family Trichomycteridae (candirus and other parasitic catfishes) Operculum (gill cover) usually with spines. Many parasitic. Size to 10 cm (4 inches). The similar family Cetopsidae lacks opercular spines. Costa Rica, Panama, and South America. About 41 genera, 201 species. Family Nematogenyidae (mountain catfishes)
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