 Summary of Microglanis |
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| New spp. / time |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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| Species | There are 44 "species" in our database. Microglanis aff. iheringi is the most commonly kept (k: 3). Microglanis aff. iheringi has the most images (i: 27). |
| Keepers | 1 species (2.3%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
| 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. |
| Compatibility | Non aggressive and sociable with its own and other species. |
| Tankmates | Virtually all good community fish, although any young fry present in the aquarium will be in extreme jeopardy - especially after dark. |
| Sexing | Well-conditioned females are conspicuously wider in the abdomen than similarly sized males. |
| Size | Smallest 20 mm, largest 81 mm, average 47mm, most commonly 42mm. All SL. |
| Distribution |
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| Most Kept Species |
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| 1. | (100%) |
