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| Scientific Name | Microglanis pellopterygius Mees, 1978 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Tributary stream of Rio Aguarico at Santa Cecilia (00 06'N 76 51'W) Napo, Ecuador |
| Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 54mm (2.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| 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. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Aguarico River basin, Ecuador. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Napo, Aguarico (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Sep 20 09:10 (species record created: 2008 Jul 21 10:11) |
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