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[[Image:candiru.jpg|right|thumb]]
[[Image:candiru.jpg|right|thumb]]
The '''candiru''', or toothpick fish, ''Vandellia cirrhosa'' is a tiny [[parasite|parasitic]] catfish of tropical [[South America]].
The '''candiru''', or toothpick fish, ''Vandellia cirrhosa'' is a tiny [[parasite|parasitic]] [[catfish]] of tropical [[South America]].
Normally the candiru lives an ectoparasitic existence, entering the [[gills|gill]] cavities of larger fish to bite off scraps of tissue or drink their blood.
Normally the candiru lives an ectoparasitic existence, entering the [[gills|gill]] cavities of larger fish to bite off scraps of tissue or drink their blood.