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Scientific Name | Microglanis secundus Mees, 1974 |
Common Name | South American Bumblebee Catfish |
Type Locality | Sipaliwini, Suriname. |
Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
Species Information | |
Size | 40mm or 1.6" 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. |
General Remarks | Reports of this species in the Catatumbo drainage of Venezuela and Colombia are believed to be inaccurate. Subsequent examination of museum specimens from the area have been identified as juvenile Batrochoglanis acanthochiroides. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | South America: Catatumbo River basin; Guyana; Sipaliwini River basin. Guyana Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Corintijns, Sipaliwini (click on these areas to find other species found there) Guyana Waters, Coastal Rivers of Guyanas, Suriname Coastal Rivers, Marowijne (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020. |
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. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) No. 132, pp 235, Fig. 40e; Pl. 14. |
Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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Last Update | 2021 Dec 31 11:04 (species record created: 2011 Sep 19 16:43) |