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    Scientific NameGelanoglanis pan    Calegari, Reis & Vari, 2014
    Common Name
    Type LocalityMato Grosso State, Itaúba, rio Teles Pires, tributary to upper rio Tapajós basin, 10°58’30"S, 55°44’3"W, Brazil.
    Synonym(s)
    EtymologyGelanoglanis: Greek, gelanes, -es, -es = happy, smiling + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish. 
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    Size25mm or 1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
    IdentificationDiminutive auchenipterid catfishes, distinguished by the following unique combination of characters: Single pair of chin barbels (vs. two pairs); pectoral spine, if present, lacking serrations on anterior margin; posterior nare large and immediately anterior to small eye; oblique, sinuous mouth with free fleshy flange around angle of gape; dorsal, anal, and paired fins short based with few rays; third pectoral-fin radial absent. Other shared traits include: Premaxillary tooth patches laterally oriented and widely separated anteriorly at midline; frontals sutured along midline for entire length; anterior fontanelle absent; vomer absent; mesopterygoid reduced to small round bone; mandibular ramus of lateral-line canal free from dentary.

    Key for the species of Gelanoglanis (Calegari, Reis & Vari, 2014; Calegari & Reis, 2017)
    1a. Pelvic fin almost reaching to the urogenital opening................ 2
    1b. Pelvic fin falling short of the urogenital opening by a distance longer than the anal-fin length................ G. varii
    2a. Dorsal and pectoral fins with spine................ 3
    2b. Dorsal and pectoral fins lacking spine................ G. nanonocticolus
    3a. Adult males with short gonopodium terminating at anal-fin origin; premaxillary teeth occupying two-thirds of length of premaxilla; anterior fontanel absent................ 4
    3b. Adult males with long gonopodium extending posteriorly to midlength of base of anal fin; premaxillary teeth restricted to anterior portion of bone, occupying one-half or less of length of premaxilla; anterior fontanel present................ G. pan
    4a. Dorsal-fin spine with strong serrae along posterior margin................ G. stroudi
    4b. Dorsal-fin spine simple, without serrae along posterior margin................ G. travieso.

    Diminutive auchenipterid catfishes, distinguished by the following unique combination of characters: Single pair of chin barbels (vs. two pairs); pectoral spine, if present, lacking serrations on anterior margin; posterior nare large and immediately anterior to small eye; oblique, sinuous mouth with free fleshy flange around angle of gape; dorsal, anal, and paired fins short based with few rays; third pectoral-fin radial absent. Other shared traits include: Premaxillary tooth patches laterally oriented and widely separated anteriorly at midline; frontals sutured along midline for entire length; anterior fontanelle absent; vomer absent; mesopterygoid reduced to small round bone; mandibular ramus of lateral-line canal free from dentary.

    Key for the species of Gelanoglanis (Calegari, Reis & Vari, 2014; Calegari & Reis, 2017)
    1a. Pelvic fin almost reaching to the urogenital opening................ 2
    1b. Pelvic fin falling short of the urogenital opening by a distance longer than the anal-fin length................ G. varii
    2a. Dorsal and pectoral fins with spine................ 3
    2b. Dorsal and pectoral fins lacking spine................ G. nanonocticolus
    3a. Adult males with short gonopodium terminating at anal-fin origin; premaxillary teeth occupying two-thirds of length of premaxilla; anterior fontanel absent................ 4
    3b. Adult males with long gonopodium extending posteriorly to midlength of base of anal fin; premaxillary teeth restricted to anterior portion of bone, occupying one-half or less of length of premaxilla; anterior fontanel present................ G. pan
    4a. Dorsal-fin spine with strong serrae along posterior margin................ G. stroudi
    4b. Dorsal-fin spine simple, without serrae along posterior margin................ G. travieso.
    SexingAs in other members of the auchenipterid subfamily Centromochlinae, anal-fin forms an intromittent structure in adult males.

    As in other members of the auchenipterid subfamily Centromochlinae, anal-fin forms an intromittent structure in adult males.
    Hop to next section Habitat Information
    DistributionSouth America
    Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tapajós, Upper Tapajós, Teles Pires (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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    IUCN Red List Category
    Data Deficient
    , a distribution map is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
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    Breeding ReportsThere is no breeding report.
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    ReferenceNeotropical Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 4), pp 701, Figs. 1-2, 4-5.
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    Last UpdateThu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am (Species record created: Thu Jan 01, 1970 1:00 am)