Vampire fish

Vampire fish is a colloquial name given to the following varieties of fish:

Candiru (fish) (Vandellia cirrhosa), a species of parasitic freshwater catfish
Payara, a species of dogtooth tetra
Sea lamprey, a parasitic lamprey

See also

Dracula fish (Danionella dracula)
Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
Vampyronassa rhodanica ("vampire fish trap"), an extinct cephalopod

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