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  • Microglanis lucenaiLive specimen, lateral view
  • Microglanis lucenaiLive specimen, dorsal view
  • Microglanis lucenaiLive specimen, ventral view
  • Microglanis lucenaiBarbels. Top: M. lucenai; bottom: M. cibelae
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Scientific Name Microglanis lucenai  Lehmann A., Bartzen & Malabarba, 2024
Common Name
Type Locality Rio Leão, Rio Mampituba basin, Parque Nacional de Aparados da Serra (PNAS), Praia Grande, Santa Catarina State, Brazil, 29°08'10.0"S, 49°57'22.5"W, elevation 155 meters.
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
Santa Catarina State Rivers, Mampituba (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
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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 Journal of Fish Biology Early view, pp 5, Figs. 2a, 3a, 4a, 7-8.
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Last Update 2024 Sep 01 06:18 (species record created: 2024 Apr 22 15:24)