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  • Microglanis zonatusRio Morona, From Eigenmann & Allen
  • Microglanis zonatusPectoral fin spine, dorsal view. From Eigenmann & Allen
  • Microglanis zonatusHolotype
  • Microglanis zonatusHolotype, dorsal view
  • Microglanis zonatusHolotype, ventral view
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Scientific Name Microglanis zonatus  Eigenmann & Allen, 1942
Common Name
Type Locality Río Morona, upper Amazon River system, Peru.
Etymology Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. 
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Size 20mm or 0.8" 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.
Down Habitat Information
Distribution South America: Upper Amazon River basin, Peru.
Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Morona (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2014.
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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 Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Fishes of western South America, pp 89, Pl. 3 (figs. 1-2).
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Last Update 2020 Oct 21 01:37 (species record created: 2011 Sep 19 16:46)