Holotype, 26.3 mm SL
Holotype, dorsal view
Holotype, ventral view
Pectoral fin spine, dorsal view. Bar = 1mm
MZUEL 5175, 26.5 mm SL
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| Scientific Name | Microglanis oliveirai Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Barra do Garças, Vale dos Sanhos District, BR-158 road, km 750, rio Corrente (right margin tributary of the rio das Mortes), rio Araguaira basin, 15°29'56.3"S, 52°12'10.8"W, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | |
| Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 26mm or 1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The genus Microglanis was described by Eigenmann
(1912) to include small pimelodids with the head as wide as long, the skull covered by skin only; the occipital crest small; frontal fontanel not extending much if any behind the eye, and a minute occipital fontanel sometimes present; eye without a free orbital margin; dorsal and pectoral spines well developed; and premaxillary patches of teeth without backward projecting angles. The genus Microglanis was described by Eigenmann (1912) to include small pimelodids with the head as wide as long, the skull covered by skin only; the occipital crest small; frontal fontanel not extending much if any behind the eye, and a minute occipital fontanel sometimes present; eye without a free orbital margin; dorsal and pectoral spines well developed; and premaxillary patches of teeth without backward projecting angles. |
| Sexing | Well-conditioned females are conspicuously wider in the abdomen than similarly sized males. Well-conditioned females are conspicuously wider in the abdomen than similarly sized males. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia, Upper Araguaia (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia, Das Mortes (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient , a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Compatibility | Non aggressive and sociable with its own and other species. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Virtually all good community fish, although any young fry present in the aquarium will be in extreme jeopardy - especially after dark. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Neotropical Ichthyology v. 9 (no. 4), pp 698, Figs. 1-2. |
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| More Resources | |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.31.106.145 | |
| Last Update | Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am) |