 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Microglanis garavelloi Shibatta & Benine, 2005 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Brazil, Paraná, Jataizinho: ribeirão Taquari, 23º12'24''S 50º56'50''W |
| Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. The specific name, garavelloi, is homage to the Brazilian ichthyologist Julio Cesar Garavello. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 42mm (1.7") 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 | This species is known only from Brazil in the rio Paranapanema and rio Tietê basins. |
| Other Parameters | From original description: "In ribeirão Taquari, M. garavelloi was found in the marginal vegetation. Water velocity at that site was 0.05 m/s, mean depth of water 0.65 m, stream width 3.71m, water transparency 0.19m, dissolved oxygen 7.15 mg/L, pH 7.5, temperature 23.2º C, conductivity 211.8 mS/cm and alkalinity 110.63 mg/L." |
| Further Information | |
| References | Neotropical Ichthyology v. 3 (no. 4) |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Sep 18 03:01 (species record created: 2011 Sep 18 01:28) |
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