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On the Amphilaphorchidinae, A New Subfamily of Proteocephalid Cestodes, and Myzophorus admonticellia, gen. et sp.n., Parasitic in Pirinampus spp. from the Amazon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

W. N. F. Woodland
W. N. F. Woodland
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Wellcome Research Institution, Euston Road, London, N.W. 1
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“Piranabú,” “Piranampú” or “Piranampú” (the last according to Goeldi, 1898) are local names on the Amazon applied to the siluroid fish which, so far as it is possible to determine from memory and from the rough sketches and notes which I made at the time, is the modern Pirinampus pirinampus (Spix). This fish, of which I examined eight examples, attains a length of at least 60 cm., has an elongated adipose fin more than one-third the length of the entire body, microscopic scales, possesses maxillary barbels about half the length of the body, and in general appearance closely resembles the figure (Tab. VIII, a) of “Pimelodus ctenodus” provided by Spix (1829). I am much indebted to Mr J. R. Norman, of the British Museum, for his kind assistance in identification.

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Parasitology , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , April 1934 , pp. 141 - 149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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