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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Vandelliinae
Etymology: brooksi: Name 'brooksi' in honor of American artist David Ian Brooks, for providing critical support to N.K.L. during eight ichthyological expeditions to Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela from 2005 to 2023.
Eponymy: Dr Domenico Agostino Vandelli (1735–1816) was an Italian naturalist who maintained a lengthy correspondence with Linnaeus. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
South America: Ecuador, Brazil, and Venezuela.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137619)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: medial teeth on premaxilla 21 or 22; principal dorsal-fin rays 11; dorsal-fin first pterygiophore at a vertical anterior to 25th vertebra neural spine posterolateral process of parurohyal, about 50% of anterior ceratohyal length; opercular odontodes 25-30; autopalatine fenestra, about 75% of its area; interopercular odontodes 18-21; straight inner margin of frontal; ascending process of opercle, about 70% length of opercular patch of odontodes; dentary teeth 4-5 (Ref. 137619).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Henschel, E., J.N. Baskin, R. Collins and N.K. Lujan, 2024. A revised diagnosis of the blood-feeding candiru genus Paravandellia (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae: Vandelliinae) with descriptions of three new species. American Museum Novitates 4024:1-36. (Ref. 137619)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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