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| Scientific Name | Microglanis ater Ahl, 1936 |
| Common Name(s) | South American Bumblebee Catfish |
| Type Locality | Brazil |
| Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 81mm (3.2") 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 | Brazil |
| Further Information | |
| References | Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 116 (nos. 3/4) |
| Registered Keepers | None. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Sep 18 03:01 (species record created: 2011 Sep 18 01:19) |
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