After De Pinna, 1992 and Nelson, 1994, with species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Vandelliinae (candirus; aitoloismonnit) |-- Branchioica teaguei (Devincenzi & Vaz-Ferreira, 1939) |-- Paraacanthopoma |--o Paravandellia | |-- P. oxyptera Miranda-Ribeiro, 1912 | `-- P. phaneronema (Miles, 1943) |--o Plectrochilus | |-- P. diabolicus (Myers, 1927) | |-- P. machadoi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1917 | `-- P. wieneri (Pellegrin, 1909) `--o Vandellia |-- V. balzanii Perugia, 1846 |-- V. beccarii Di Caporiacco, 1935 |-- V. cirrhosa Valenciennes, 1846 (loismonni; Candiru) |?- V. hasemani |-- V. plazaii Castelnau, 1855 `-- V. sanguinea Eigenmann, 1917
Reference(s):
- Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600 - De Pinna, M. C. C. 1992: A new subfamily of Trichomycteridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes), lower loricaroid relationships and a discussion on the impact of additional taxa for phylogenetic analysis.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: vol. 106, #3, pp. 175-229.