/siluriformes/heptapteridae/myoglanis/potaroensis/1.jpg "Myoglanis potaroensis")
Holotype, 58mm SL
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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. |
| Species Information | |
| 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. |
| Habitat Information | |
| 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) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2007. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum v. 5 (no. 1), pp159, Pl. 14 (fig. 1). |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.30.138.4041 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:18 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 10:29) |