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  • Microglanis xerenteLive paratype, 19.8 mm SL. Photo, E.F. Oliveira
  • Microglanis xerenteHolotype, 27.1 mm SL
  • Microglanis xerenteHolotype, dorsal view
  • Microglanis xerenteHolotype, ventral view
  • Microglanis xerentePectoral fin spine, dorsal view. Bar = 1mm
  • Microglanis xerente
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Scientific Name Microglanis xerente    Ruiz, 2016
Common Name
Type Locality Tocantins, Aurora do Tocantins, córrego Cana Brava (upper-middle rio Tocantins basin), Brazil, 12°42'59''S, 46°25'08''W.
Etymology Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. 
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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.
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Distribution
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Upper Tocantins, Paranã (Tocantins), Palma (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Data Deficient
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2021.
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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.
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Reference Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 27 (no. 3) for Nov., pp 216, Figs. 2b, 5a, 6, 7a.
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Last Update 2025 Jan 01 12:22 (species record created: 2016 Nov 18 16:24)