candiru
toothpick fish
vampire fish
vandellia cirrhosa latin

It is also said to be useful for treatment of candiru attacks.

Article on removal of candiru from a male patient with pictures.

They were of a small species-the candiru, is that not the name?"

"Then the candiru will be attracted by the smell.

"These embed deeply in the walls and keep the candiru close to the source of what it so desires."

I will banish the candiru from your swimming pools.

That is how you encounter the catfish of the genus Vandellia, the candiru.

"And are you prepared for the candiru?"

Their bladders are already engorged, having typically not been much emptied by the time the candiru enters.

The definition of candiru differs between authors.

Underwater infrared cameras film scavenging candiru and an electric eel hunting.

Spotte notes that the candiru does not possess the right teeth or strong enough dentition to have been capable of this.

It is the parasitic toothpick fish, a catfish of the genus Vandelia, also known as the candiru.

These parasites are called candiru.

You will see that the uric flow velocity will increase as the candiru makes its way upstream, inside you.

"Candiria" is supposedly the plural form of candiru, the name of a freshwater fish found in the Amazon river.

'The candiru is reputed to find the cloaca of a host fish by swimming up its stream of urine.

This family includes the infamous candiru fish, feared by some people for its alleged habit of entering into the urethra of humans.

Most popular accounts are obsessed with the idea of candiru entering the human urethra and other orifices, but they are very varied in their habits.

To date, there is only one documented case of a candiru entering a human urinary system, which took place in Itacoatiara, Brazil in 1997.

Bach believed this was a remedy performed because of parasitism by candiru, but he was merely speculating as he did not speak his patients' language.

Vandellia cirrhosa (Candiru)

On the other hand, they are working among disease-bearing ticks, chiggers, botflies, sandflies, hookworms, leeches and, by no means last or least, the dreaded candiru.

It's a common little fish in the waters here, sometimes called the toothpick fish.

It is the parasitic toothpick fish, a catfish of the genus Vandelia, also known as the candiru.

Candiru (candirú (Spanish, also known as canero or toothpick fish) are parasitic freshwater catfish and a member of the Trichomycteridae family.

The term Vampire fish is a colloquial name given to the following varieties of fish:

The big vampire fish eat the little vampire fish.

Smaller species of vampire fish, native to the Amazon River, have an alleged tendency to invade and parasitise the human urethra.

The official music video for Dan Blakeslee s Halloween song The Vampire Fish performed by Dr. Gasp.