Microglanis cottoides • Pseudopimelodidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Microglanis cottoides** (Boulenger, 1891)
Common Name(s)	South American Bumblebee Catfish
Type Locality	Rio Camaquam [Camaquã], Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Pimelodus cottoides
Etymology	Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains.
Species Information
Size	68mm (2.7") 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	South America: Laguna dos Patos and rio Uruguay drainages. La Plata, Uruguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) Rio Grande Do Sul State Waters, Laguna dos Patos (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (pt 2);
Registered Keepers	(1) tutters187 (k: 2), who also notes: "Not 100% sure on species.", (2) CrystalCatfish. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Microglanis cottoides (Boulenger, 1891)

Common Name(s)

South American Bumblebee Catfish

Type Locality

Rio Camaquam [Camaquã], Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Synonym(s)

Pimelodus cottoides

Etymology

Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains.

Species Information

Size

68mm (2.7") 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

South America: Laguna dos Patos and rio Uruguay drainages.
La Plata, Uruguay (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Rio Grande Do Sul State Waters, Laguna dos Patos (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1891 (pt 2);

Registered Keepers

(1) tutters187 (k: 2), who also notes: "Not 100% sure on species.", (2) CrystalCatfish.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.