Phreatobius sanguijuela

Phreatobius sanguijuela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Heptapteridae
Genus:	Phreatobius
Species:	P. sanguijuela
Binomial name
	Phreatobius sanguijuela; L. A. Fernández, Saucedo, Carvajal-Vallejos & S. A. Schaefer, 2007

Phreatobius sanguijuela is a species of catfish in the genus Phreatobius.^[1]

This species was discovered in a hand-dug well in located within the Río Paraguá drainage, a tributary of the Río Iténez in Bolivia.^[1] This species is endangered by environmental degradation due to pollution, water extraction for drinking and irrigation, mineral extraction, and associated erosion.^[1] It is often killed when accidentally caught from wells because of a superficial resemblance to leeches.^[1]

This small fish reaches a maximum length of 4.2 centimetres (1.7 in) SL.^[1] P. sanguijuela differs from P. cisternarum in a number of ways, but the main differences are the absence of eyes (which are present in P. cisternarum).^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Fernandez, Luis; Saucedo, Lisandro J.; Carvajal-Vallejos, Fernando M.; Schaefer, Scott A. (2007). "A new phreatic catfish of the genus Phreatobius Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Iténez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Zootaxa. 1626: 51–58.

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[Fernandez-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fernandez, Luis; Saucedo, Lisandro J.; Carvajal-Vallejos, Fernando M.; Schaefer, Scott A. (2007). "A new phreatic catfish of the genus Phreatobius Goeldi 1905 from groundwaters of the Iténez River, Bolivia (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae)". Zootaxa. 1626: 51–58.