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Scientific Name Microglanis pataxo  Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda, & Chamon, 2006
Common Name
Type Locality Itamarajú, Jundiar creek on road BR-101 after joint with road to Jucuruçu, near city of Itamaraju, 17°01'35"S, 39°35'57"W, Bahia, Brazil.
Etymology Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. The specific name honors the Pataxó native indigenous people.
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Size 39mm or 1.5" 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.

From original descriptionn (link in References): Microglanis pataxo can be identified by the color pattern with a dark blotch beneath adipose fin not extending to anal fin and by the high number of anal fin proximal radials, 12, shaped as rod-like thin tubes, the last one bearing a laminar extension. This species can be also recognized by the following combination of characters: a pectoral fin spine with a bony point and bearing proportionally few serrations on posterior border of pectoral fin spine, eight to ten. Seven pleural ribs and a proportionally short head width (67.8-74.3% in HL).
Sexing Well-conditioned females are conspicuously wider in the abdomen than similarly sized males.
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Distribution South America: Rio Peruípe, rio Jucuruçu and rio Cahy drainages in northeastern Brazil.
Minas Gerais State Rivers, Jucuruçu (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Bahia State Rivers, Peruípe (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Bahia State Rivers, Cahy (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Espirito Santo State Rivers, Barra Seca (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Other Parameters Original description notes that they were collected in the middle course of shallow waters, at a depth of 1 to 1.5 m. None of them were captured in the upper portions. They were found in moderate flowing sections of the rivers, with sandy or gravel bottom.
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Feeding The original description notes that in the stomach of two examined females it was possible to identify small aquatic insect larvae and pupae. User data.
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.
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Reference Neotropical Ichthyology v. 4 (no. 2), pp 158, Figs. 1-8.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 21 12:03 (species record created: 2011 Sep 19 14:02)