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| Scientific Name | Microglanis eurystoma Malabarba & Mahler, 1998 |
| Common Name | South American Bumblebee Catfish |
| Type Locality | Itá, Rio Uruguay, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, ca. 27°18'00''S, 52°20'00''W |
| Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 78mm or 3.1" 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 | Upper Uruguay River basin, Brazil. La Plata, Uruguay, Upper Uruguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view species occurence data on a map. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 9 (no. 3) |
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| Last Update | 2011 Sep 18 03:01 (species record created: 2011 Sep 18 01:26) |