Acanthopoma annectens

Taxobox
name = "Acanthopoma annectens"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Trichomycteridae
subfamilia = Stegophilinae
genus = "Acanthopoma"
genus_authority = Lütken, 1892
species = "A. annectens"
binomial = "Acanthopoma annectens"
binomial_authority = Lütken, 1892

"Acanthopoma annectens" is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus "Acanthopoma". [cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] This fish grows to about 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL and originates from the upper and middle Amazon River.FishBase species|genus=Acanthopoma|species=annectens|year=2007|month=July] This species is parasitic, attacking like a leech and leaving wounds all over the fish which it attacks; it spreads a bundle of opercular and inter-opercular spines into the wound and remains there and is difficult to remove. It may invade parts of wading or swimming animals but apparently exist in these passages only for a short while, as they quickly die from a lack of oxygen.

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