Microglanis eurystoma • Pseudopimelodidae • Cat-eLog

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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	South America: Upper Rio Uruguay drainage in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states, southern Brazil. La Plata, Uruguay, Upper Uruguay (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Not Evaluated
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 9 (no. 3), pp 248, Fig. 3.
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Last Update	2020 Oct 21 12:10 (species record created: 2011 Sep 18 01:26)