/siluriformes/pseudopimelodidae/microglanis/sp%60rio_ucayali%60/1.jpg "Microglanis sp. `RIO UCAYALI`")
Rio Pozuzo/siluriformes/pseudopimelodidae/microglanis/sp%60rio_ucayali%60/2.jpg "Microglanis sp. `RIO UCAYALI`")
Rio Mayapo, Rio Tambo drainage
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Microglanis sp. `RIO UCAYALI` |
| Common Name | |
| Etymology | Micro - small, glanis - catfish - in reference to the rather small forms of catfish that this genus contains. |
| Species Information | |
| 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. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali, Pozuzo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón, Ucayali, Tambo (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| 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 | |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 3 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.31.106.8110 | |
| Last Update | 2021 Jan 03 17:06 (species record created: 2020 Nov 20 14:48) |