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| Scientific Name | Potamoglanis anhanga (Dutra, Wosiacki & de Pinna, 2012) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Tributary of Aripuaña, rio Madeira drainage, 5°07'14.0"S, 60°22'46.9"W, Novo Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil. |
| Synonym(s) | Trichomycterus anhanga |
| Etymology | From the Greek potamo (river; the gods of rivers in the Greek mythology) and glanis (catfish). Gender masculine. |
| Species Information | |
| Identification | The genus Potamoglanis is a group of miniaturized Trichomycterinae, diagnosed by the following traits: angle of 35–40° between the main longitudinal axis of the head and the main axis of the autopalatine; thin tubular shape of the second ceratobranchial; presence of six or seven anal-fin rays; eyes dorsally placed on head; opercular and interopercular odontodes patches not juxtaposed; absence of a distal process on the hyomandibula; and presence of a long process on the anterior region of the hyomandibula. Potamoglanis is similar to the Tridentinae genera by the presence of a wide cranial fontanelle; presence of a short ventral process in the opercular bone and by the origin of the dorsal fin placed in a vertical through the anal-fin origin. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Found throughout the Amazon river basin. Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | In nature, lives in places with mud and roots of aquatic plants of a small stream (mainly composed of sandbanks). |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Neotropical Ichthyology v. 10 (no. 2), pp 226, Figs. 1, 2a, 3-4. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 12:33 (species record created: 2017 Jan 30 20:26) |