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The Pearl fish or Pen Shell Pearl fish Carapas sp. looks a bit like a freshwater knife fish. It is very pointed at the back. This enables it to easily reverse into the cucumbers . As cucumbers are entirely marine so are the pearl fish.
Candiru is a term used to describe many species of freshwater fish from South America belonging to the family of parasitic Catfish (Trichomycteridae). This includes some really nasty flesh eating species that attack fishes gills or chew holes in them and virtually eat them alive.
I could not find any scientific stuff on their nasty habits of swimming somewhere painful. But I did find out that locals wear tight fitting clothes and in some cases use a coconut shell to guard the private parts!
One other bit of trivia. Candiru are the only vertebrate parasite of man.
Jason Scott
Candiru is a term used to describe many species of freshwater fish from South America belonging to the family of parasitic Catfish (Trichomycteridae). This includes some really nasty flesh eating species that attack fishes gills or chew holes in them and virtually eat them alive.
I could not find any scientific stuff on their nasty habits of swimming somewhere painful. But I did find out that locals wear tight fitting clothes and in some cases use a coconut shell to guard the private parts!
One other bit of trivia. Candiru are the only vertebrate parasite of man.
Jason Scott