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  • Microglanis garavelloiHolotype
  • Microglanis garavelloiHolotype, dorsal view
  • Microglanis garavelloiHolotype, ventral view
  • Microglanis garavelloiParatype
  • Microglanis garavelloiParatype, dorsal view
  • Microglanis garavelloiParatype, ventral view
  • Microglanis garavelloiPectoral fin spine, dorsal view. Bar = 1mm
  • Microglanis garavelloiMZUEL 15575, Corrego Dourado, Rio Iguatemi
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Scientific Name Microglanis garavelloi  Shibatta & Benine, 2005
Common Name South American Bumblebee Catfish
Type Locality Ribeirão Taquari, 23°12'24''S, 50°56'50''W, Jataizinho, Paraná, Brazil.
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.
Down Species Information
Size 42mm or 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.
Sexing Well-conditioned females are conspicuously wider in the abdomen than similarly sized males.
Down Habitat Information
Distribution South America: Upper rio Paraná basin, Brazil.
La Plata, Paraná, Paranapanema (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Paraná, Upper Paraná, Tietê (click on these areas to find other species found there)
La Plata, Paraná, Iguatemi (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
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."
Down Husbandry Information
Compatibility Non aggressive and sociable with its own and other species.
Suggested Tankmates Virtually all good community fish, although any young fry present in the aquarium will be in extreme jeopardy - especially after dark.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
Down Further Information
Reference Neotropical Ichthyology v. 3 (no. 4), pp 580, Figs. 1-3.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 21 12:10 (species record created: 2011 Sep 18 01:28)