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30mm SL
Pectoral fin spine, dorsal view
Pectoral fin spine, dorsal view
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Ventral view

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Microglanis secundus** Mees, 1974
Common Name	South American Bumblebee Catfish
Type Locality	Sipaliwini, Suriname.
Etymology	Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains.
Species Information
Size	40mm or 1.6" 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	Reports of this species in the Catatumbo drainage of Venezuela and Colombia are believed to be inaccurate. Subsequent examination of museum specimens from the area have been identified as juvenile Batrochoglanis acanthochiroides.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Catatumbo River basin; Guyana; Sipaliwini River basin. Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Corintijns, Sipaliwini (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Marowijne (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 Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) No. 132, pp 235, Fig. 40e; Pl. 14.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:22 (species record created: 2011 Sep 19 16:43)