Summary of microglanis |
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 40 "species" in the database |
New spp. / time | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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Distribution |
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Genus Thumbnails |
M. aff. eurystoma (i:1, k:0) M. aff. iheringi (i:25, k:0) M. aff. poecilus (i:6, k:0) M. ater (i:4, k:0) M. berbixae (i:8, k:0) M. carlae (i:7, k:0) M. cottoides (i:7, k:0) M. eurystoma (i:3, k:0) M. garavelloi (i:8, k:0) M. iheringi (i:3, k:0) M. leniceae (i:4, k:0) M. leptostriatus (i:3, k:0) M. lundbergi (i:4, k:0) M. maculatus (i:5, k:0) M. malabarbai (i:18, k:0) M. minutus (i:4, k:0) M. nigripinnis (i:4, k:0) M. nigrolineatus (i:8, k:0) M. oliveirai (i:7, k:0) M. parahybae (i:7, k:0) M. pataxo (i:7, k:0) M. pellopterygius (i:5, k:0) M. pleriqueater (i:5, k:0) M. poecilus (i:6, k:0) M. reikoae (i:7, k:0) M. robustus (i:4, k:0) M. secundus (i:5, k:0) M. sp. `CATUA-IPIXUNA RESEX` (i:1, k:0) M. sp. `RIO ACARAGUA` (i:1, k:0) M. sp. `RIO LAS PIEDRAS` (i:1, k:0) M. sp. `RIO MACHADO` (i:1, k:0) M. sp. `RIO POZUZO` (i:1, k:0) M. sp. `RIO SALI` (i:2, k:0) M. sp. `RIO UCAYALI` (i:2, k:0) M. sp. `VENEZUELA` (i:1, k:0) M. sparsus (i:6, k:0) M. variegatus (i:10, k:0) M. xerente (i:6, k:0) M. xylographicus (i:7, k:0) M. zonatus (i:5, k:0)
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