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| Scientific Name | Microglanis nigripinnis Bizerril & Perez-Neto, 1992 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Rio Macacu, Cidade de Papucaia, Município de Cachoeira do Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 40mm or 1.6" 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 | Macacu River basin, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro State Rivers, Macacu (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie v. 18 (no. 4) (1991), pp 97, Figs. 1-2. |
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| Last Update | 2019 Oct 26 05:41 (species record created: 2011 Sep 19 13:48) |