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Whale Catfish

Whale Catfish (Cetopsis coecutiens). tropical freshwaters, South America. This species is a shoaling, aggressive carnivore, biting other fish. It also parasitises catfish gills and river dolphins, entering their various orifices. It is not the same as the Candiru catfish that is supposed to do that to humans.parasite / aquarium fish

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