Biology:Microglanis

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Microglanis
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Microglanis sp.
Scientific classification e
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 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 .[1]

Species

There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:

  • 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 [2]
  • Microglanis leptostriatus H. Mori & Shibatta, 2006
  • Microglanis lundbergi Jarduli & Shibatta, 2013 [3]
  • Microglanis maculatus Shibatta, 2014 [4]
  • Microglanis malabarbai Bertaco & A. R. Cardoso, 2005
  • Microglanis minutus Ottoni, Mattos & Barbosa, 2010 [5]
  • Microglanis nigripinnis Bizerril & Peres-Neto, 1992
  • Microglanis nigrolineatus Terán, Jarduli, F. Alonso, Mirande & Shibatta, 2016 [6]
  • Microglanis oliveirai W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 [7]
  • Microglanis parahybae (Steindachner, 1880)
  • Microglanis pataxo Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda & Chamon, 2006
  • Microglanis pellopterygius Mees, 1978
  • Microglanis pleriqueater Mattos, Ottoni & Barbosa, 2013 [8]
  • Microglanis poecilus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  • Microglanis reikoae W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016 [9]
  • Microglanis robustus W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2010 [10]
  • Microglanis secundus Mees, 1974
  • Microglanis sparsus W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016 [9]
  • Microglanis variegatus C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
  • Microglanis xerente W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016 [9]
  • Microglanis xylographicus W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 [7]
  • Microglanis zonatus C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942

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. 7.0 7.1 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. 9.0 9.1 9.2 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.

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