AquaticRepublic.com - Microglanis sp. `RIO ACARAGUA` (Pseudopimelodidae) All Fishes

From a left bank stream of the Arroyo Acaragua

All Fishes Data Sheet
Scientific Name	Microglanis sp. `RIO ACARAGUA`
Common Name
Etymology	Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains.
Species Information
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. Microglanis from this stream were originally identified as M. cottoides. In 2019, a follow up study by Avigliano et al. confirmed these fish to be something other than M. cottoides, but no additional details were published. But considering that other Microglanis from the Rio Uruguay have been recently assigned to M. malabarbai (or possibly an undescribed but genetically related species), it is possible that these fish are the same as the Rio Uruguay populations. Alternatively, the wide, almost-square head suggests this population is related to Microglanis eurystoma.
Sexing	Well-conditioned females are conspicuously wider in the abdomen than similarly sized males.
Habitat Information
Distribution	La Plata, Uruguay, Middle Uruguay, Acaraguá (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
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
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2021 Feb 24 06:25 (species record created: 2021 Feb 23 12:14)