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Microglanis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Siluriformes

Scientific name
  
Microglanis

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Pseudopimelodidae

Higher classification
  
Pseudopimelodidae

Microglanis wwwscielobrimgrevistasniv6n3a16fig01jpg

Lower classifications
  
Microglanis iheringi, Microglanis leptostriatus

Microglanis poecilus dwarf marbled catfish


Microglanis is a genus of fish in the family Pseudopimelodidae native to South America. This genus has the widest distribution within its family, with species ranging from the Guianas to Venezuela; western slope of the Andes in Ecuador and Peru to the Río de La Plata basin in Argentina. They occur eastward to the Orinoco and Amazon basins. It is also present in the eastern coastal rivers of Brazil.

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Microglanis poecilus

Species profile 15 the bumblebee catfish microglanis iheringi


Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:

Microglanis carlae

  • Microglanis ater C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
  • Microglanis carlae Vera-Alcaraz, da Graça & Shibatta, 2008
  • Microglanis cibelae L. R. Malabarba & Mahler, 1998
  • Microglanis cottoides (Boulenger, 1891)
  • Microglanis eurystoma L. R. Malabarba & Mahler, 1998
  • Microglanis garavelloi Shibatta & Benine, 2005
  • Microglanis iheringi A. L. Gomes, 1946
  • Microglanis leniceae Shibatta, 2016
  • Microglanis leptostriatus H. Mori & Shibatta, 2006
  • Microglanis lundbergi Jarduli & Shibatta, 2013
  • Microglanis maculatus Shibatta, 2014
  • Microglanis malabarbai Bertaco & A. R. Cardoso, 2005
  • Microglanis minutus Ottoni, Mattos & Barbosa, 2010
  • Microglanis nigripinnis Bizerril & Peres-Neto, 1992
  • Microglanis nigrolineatus Terán, Jarduli, F. Alonso, Mirande & Shibatta, 2016
  • Microglanis oliveirai W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011
  • Microglanis parahybae (Steindachner, 1880)
  • Microglanis pataxo Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda & Chamon, 2006
  • Microglanis pellopterygius Mees, 1978
  • Microglanis pleriqueater Mattos, Ottoni & Barbosa, 2013
  • Microglanis poecilus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  • Microglanis reikoae W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016
  • Microglanis robustus W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2010
  • Microglanis secundus Mees, 1974
  • Microglanis sparsus W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016
  • Microglanis variegatus C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
  • Microglanis xerente W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016
  • Microglanis xylographicus W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011
  • Microglanis zonatus C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942

    • Microglanis poecilus

    Microglanis Microglanis iheringi

    Microglanis Description of a new species of Microglanis Siluriformes

    Microglanis Microglanis pataxo a new catfish from southern Bahia coastal rivers

    References

    Microglanis Wikipedia
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