Microglanis pellopterygius • Pseudopimelodidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Microglanis pellopterygius** Mees, 1978
Common Name
Type Locality	Tributary stream of Rio Aguarico at Santa Cecilia (00 06'N 76 51'W) Napo, Ecuador
Etymology	Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains.
Species Information
Size	54mm or 2.1" 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.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: Aguarico River basin, Ecuador. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Napo, Aguarico (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view species occurence data on a map.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
References	Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) v. 53 (no. 23), pp 256, Pl. 2.
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Last Update	2014 Jun 22 10:20 (species record created: 2008 Jul 21 10:11)