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  • Microglanis maculatusHolotype, 36.5 mm SL
  • Microglanis maculatusHolotype, dorsal view
  • Microglanis maculatusHolotype, ventral view
  • Microglanis maculatusParatype, 20.5mm SL
  • Microglanis maculatusPectoral fin spine, dorsal view. Holotype & paratype.
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Scientific Name Microglanis maculatus  Shibatta, 2014
Common Name
Type Locality Goiás, município de Barro Alto, upper rio Tocantins basin, ribeirão Pouso Alegre, tributary of rio dos Patos, 15°01’26"S, 8°49’51"W, Brazil.
Type Locality Notes Latitude reported inaccurately. -8° is probably -48°.
Etymology Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. 
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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.
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Distribution
Amazon, Lower Amazon, Tocantins, Upper Tocantins, Dos Patos (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 2018.
Down Husbandry Information
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 Neotropical Ichthyology v. 12 (no. 1), pp 82, Figs. 1-3.
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Last Update 2021 Feb 21 02:43 (species record created: 2020 Sep 06 10:40)