Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Pseudopimelodidae
Genus: Microglanis
Species: M. ater – M. carlae – M. cibelae – M. cottoides – M. eurystoma – M. garavelloi – M. iheringi – M. leptostriatus – M. lundbergi – M. malabarbai – M. minutus – M. nigripinnis – M. parahybae – M. pataxo – M. pellopterygius – M. pleriqueater – M. poecilus – M. robustus – M. secundus – M. variegatus – M. zonatus
Name
Microglanis Eigenmann, 1912: 130, 155
Type species: Microglanis poecilus ♂ Eigenmann, 1912. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References
Eigenmann, C.H. 1912: The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, 5(1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103.
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. Preview
Vernacular names
English: Dwarf Marbled Catfishes
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
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Microglanis in FishBase. October 2016 version.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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