/siluriformes/pseudopimelodidae/microglanis/sp%60venezuela%60/1.jpg "Microglanis sp. `VENEZUELA`")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Microglanis sp. `VENEZUELA` |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 4 records of this fish being seen, view them all. |
| Forum BBCode | |
| Search for M. sp. `VENEZUELA` | |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.31.106.1016 | |
| Last Update | 2004 Mar 27 00:00 (species record created: 2004 Mar 27 00:00) |
