Microglanis secundus • Pseudopimelodidae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Microglanis secundus** Mees, 1974
Common Name(s)	South American Bumblebee Catfish
Type Locality	Sipaliwini, Suriname.
Etymology	Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains.
Species Information
Size	40mm (1.6") 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	Catatumbo River basin, Guyana; Sipaliwini River basin. Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Corintijns, Sipaliwini (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Further Information
References	Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) No. 132
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2011 Sep 20 04:50 (species record created: 2011 Sep 19 16:43)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Microglanis secundus Mees, 1974

Common Name(s)

South American Bumblebee Catfish

Type Locality

Sipaliwini, Suriname.

Etymology

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

Species Information

Size

40mm (1.6") 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

Catatumbo River basin, Guyana; Sipaliwini River basin.
Lake Maracaibo, Catatumbo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Corintijns, Sipaliwini (click on these areas to find other species found there)