Paravandellia oscarleoni

Paravandellia oscarleoni Henschel, Baskin, Collins & Lujan, 2024

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Vandelliinae
Etymology: oscarleoni: Name 'oscarleoni' in honor of Oscar Leon Mata, curator of the fish collection of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales in Guanare.
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

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South America: Venezuela.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137619)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6; Vertebrae: 38 - 39. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: broadly convex hook-shaped flange extending anteriorly from the parietosupraoccipital into the cranial fontanel; teeth on median premaxilla 10; medial teeth on premaxilla 2; scalpelloid teeth 4; dentary teeth 2; posteriorly directed opercular odontodes; opercular odontodes 11-15; slightly forked distal margin of maxilla; free branchiostegal membrane across the isthmus; an anterior osseous flange on the ascending process of opercle; median premaxilla as wide as long; median premaxilla connected to mesethmoid main axis via bilateral dorsal flanges; absence of an anteromedial notch on the mesethmoid; first anal-fin pterygiophore at vertical anterior to haemal spine of 22nd vertebra; vertebrae 38-39; principal dorsal-fin rays 9; parasphenoid being 3× longer than wide; absence of an anteromedial process on autopalatine (Ref. 137619).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species is found in rivers with substrate composed of cobble and gravel or bedrock and sand (Ref. 137619).

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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)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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