Microglanis

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Microglanis
Microglanis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pseudopimelodidae
Genus: Microglanis
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Type species
Microglanis poecilus
Eigenmann, 1912

Microglanis is a

Orinoco and Amazon basins. It is also present in the eastern coastal rivers of Brazil.[1]

Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Microglanis in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. ^ Shibatta, O.A. (2016): A new species of bumblebee catfish of the genus Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): e160031.
  3. ^ Jarduli, L.R. & Shibatta, O.A. (2013): Description of a new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Amazon basin, Amazonas State, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (3): 507-512.
  4. ^ Shibatta, O.A. (2014): A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Tocantins basin, Goiás State, Central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (1): 81-87.
  5. ^ Ottoni, F.P., Mattos, J.L.O. & Barbosa, M.A. (2010): Description of a new species of Microglanis from the rio Barra Seca basin, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 60 (3): 187-192.
  6. ^ Terán, G.E., Jarduli, L.R., Alonso, F., Mirande, J.M. & Shibatta, O.A. (2016): Microglanis nigrolineatus, a new species from northwestern Argentina (Ostariophysi: Pseudopimelodidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (3): 193-202.
  7. ^ a b Ruiz, W.B.G. & Shibatta, O.A. (2011): Two new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper-middle rio Araguaia basin, Central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (4): 697-707.
  8. ^ Mattos, J.L.O., Ottoni, F.P. & Barbosa, M.A. (2013): Microglanis pleriqueater, a new species of catfish from the São João river basin, eastern Brazil (Teleostei: Pseudopimelodidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (2): 147-154.
  9. ^ a b c Ruiz, W.B.G. (2016): Three new species of catfishes of the genus Microglanis from Brazil (Teleostei: Pseudopimelodidae), with comments on the characters used within the genus. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (3): 211-232.
  10. ^ Ruiz, W.B.G. & Shibatta, O.A. (2010): A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae) from lower Rio Tocantins basin, Pará, Brazil, with description of superficial neuromasts and pores of lateral line system. Zootaxa, 2632: 53-66.