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Scientific Name | Microglanis oliveirai Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 |
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Type Locality | Barra do Garças, Vale dos Sanhos District, BR-158 road, km 750, rio Corrente (right margin tributary of the rio das Mortes), rio Araguaira basin, 15°29'56.3"S, 52°12'10.8"W, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
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Size | 26mm or 1" 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. |
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Distribution | Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia, Upper Araguaia (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Lower Tocantins, Araguaia, Das Mortes (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
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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 | Unreported. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
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Reference | Neotropical Ichthyology v. 9 (no. 4), pp 698, Figs. 1-2. |
Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 01:41 (species record created: 2006 Oct 06 11:00) |