Microglanis minutus • Pseudopimelodidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Microglanis minutus** Ottoni, Mattos & Barbosa, 2010
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Rio Barra Seca basin, stream at the border of Jaquaré and São Mateua municipalities, 18°34.953'S, 40°26.115'W, Espírito Santo State, Brazil.
Etymology	Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains.
Species Information
Size	30mm (1.2") 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	Rio Barra Seca basin, Brazil.
Further Information
References	Vertebrate Zoology v. 60 (no. 3)
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2011 Sep 20 04:31 (species record created: 2011 Sep 19 13:36)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Microglanis minutus Ottoni, Mattos & Barbosa, 2010

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Rio Barra Seca basin, stream at the border of Jaquaré and São Mateua municipalities, 18°34.953'S, 40°26.115'W, Espírito Santo State, Brazil.

Etymology

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

Species Information

Size

30mm (1.2") 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

Rio Barra Seca basin, Brazil.

Further Information

References

Vertebrate Zoology v. 60 (no. 3)

Registered Keepers

None.

Breeding Reports

None.