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Scientific Name Brachyglanis frenata  Eigenmann, 1912
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Type Locality Amatuk, Guyana.
Etymology Brachyglanis: Greek, brachys = short + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish. 
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Size 99mm or 3.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Essequibo, Negro, Orinoco, and Urubu River basins of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Essequibo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Uatumã, Urubu (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 2020.
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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), pp156.
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Last Update 2019 Oct 26 06:46 (species record created: 2011 Sep 24 09:45)