AquaticRepublic.com - Microglanis cottoides (Pseudopimelodidae) All Fishes

Arroio Divisa, Rio Camaqua basin, Cristal, RS
Pectoral fin spine, dorsal view. Bar = 1mm
Coastal river drainages, Santa Catarina state
UFRGS 20930, Biguacu basin, Antonio Carlos, SC, Brazil
UFRGS 20930, Biguacu basin, Antonio Carlos, SC, Brazil. Dorsal view

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Microglanis cottoides** (Boulenger, 1891)
Common Names	South American Bumblebee Catfish Bagrinho (International), Bagrinho Malhado (International), Bagrinho Rombudo (International)
Type Locality	Rio Camaquam [Camaquã], Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Pimelodus cottoides
Etymology	Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains.
Species Information
Size	68mm or 2.7" 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.
Sexing	Well-conditioned females are conspicuously wider in the abdomen than similarly sized males.
General Remarks	Populations collected from the rio Uruguay drainage and previously believed to be M. cottoides have been shown genetically to be indistinguishable from M. malabarbai.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Laguna dos Patos and rio Uruguay drainages in Brazil. La Plata, Uruguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) Rio Grande Do Sul State Waters, Laguna dos Patos, Camaquã (click on these areas to find other species found there) Mar Chiquita, Dulce, Sali (click on these areas to find other species found there) Rio Grande Do Sul State Waters, Maquiné (Forqueta) (click on these areas to find other species found there) Santa Catarina State Rivers (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
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	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (pt 2), pp 233, Pl. 25 (fig. 2).
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:22 (species record created: 2008 Jul 11 02:23)