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Scientific Name Myoglanis potaroensis  Eigenmann, 1912
Common Name
Type Locality Creek at Tukeit, Guyana.
Type Locality Notes Type locality inferred from locality narrative in original description using coordinates provided by US military intelligence (https://geographic.org).
Etymology Myoglanis: Greek, myos = muscle, and also, mouse + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish. 
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Size 113mm or 4.4" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification Head 4-4.3; depth 5.3-8; D. 6-8; A. 16-21; width of head equals its length without snout; depth of head 2 in its length; eye 14 in head, 3.5 in snout, 5 in space between the eyes. Compressed behind, depth from occiput to middle of anal nearly equal; head not greatly depressed, rounded above; occiptal process short, its tip a little nearer to the dorsal than to the line between the posterior margins of the eye; anterior nostril very close to the lip; lips very thin, smooth; angle of snout below the eye; maxillary barbel reaching tip of pectoral in the adult, somewhat farther in the young; inner mental barbel in advance of the line joining the outer. Distance from dorsal to snout 2.6 in the length; tip of dorsal about reaching adipose, which is about 3 in the length; caudal frequently divided to the base, the lower lobe the longer; pectoral spine strong, not quite half the length of the head, with recurved spines on both margins; anal long, the tips of some of the rays reaching caudal, its base 3.5-4 in the length. Purplish brown, lighter below, the rayed fins lighter. No distinct markings.
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Distribution South America: Essequibo River basin in Guyana.
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2007.
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Breeding Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1), pp159, Pl. 14 (fig. 1).
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Last Update 2021 Jul 10 02:31 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 10:29)