Paracanthopoma
Genus of fishes
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Paracanthopoma is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes, and the subfamily Vandelliinae, the haematophagic catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
| Paracanthopoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Vandelliinae |
| Genus: | Paracanthopoma Giltay, 1935[1] |
| Type species | |
| Paracanthopoma parva Giltay, 1935[1] | |
Species
Paracanthopoma contains the following valid species:[2]
- Paracanthopoma ahriman de Pinna & Dagosta, 2022
- Paracanthopoma cangussu Henschel, Katz & W. Costa, 2021
- Paracanthopoma capeta de Pinna & Dagosta, 2022
- Paracanthopoma carrapata de Pinna & Dagosta, 2022
- Paracanthopoma daemon de Pinna & Dagosta, 2022
- Paracanthopoma irritans de Pinna & Dagosta, 2022
- Paracanthopoma malevola de Pinna & Dagosta, 2022
- Paracanthopoma parva Giltay, 1935
- Paracanthopoma saci Dagosta & de Pinna, 2021
- Paracanthopoma satanica de Pinna & Dagosta, 2022
- Paracanthopoma truculenta de Pinna & Dagosta, 2022