All Fishes ⇒ Pseudopimelodidae ⇒ The genus Microglanis

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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 20mm, largest 81mm, average 47mm, most commonly 42mm. All SL.
Species There are 43 "species" in the database
New spp. / time
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