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 RÃÂo 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.
Species
There are currently 31 recognized species in this genus:
- Microglanis ater <small>C. G. E. Ahl, 1936</small>
- Microglanis berbixae <small>Tobes, FalconÃÂ-López, Valdiviezo-Rivera & Provenzano, 2020</small>
- Microglanis carlae <small>Vera-Alcaraz, da Graça & Shibatta, 2008</small>
- Microglanis cibelae <small>L. R. Malabarba & Mahler, 1998</small>
- Microglanis cottoides <small>(Boulenger, 1891)</small>
- Microglanis eurystoma <small>L. R. Malabarba & Mahler, 1998</small>
- Microglanis garavelloi <small>Shibatta & Benine, 2005</small>
- Microglanis iheringi <small>A. L. Gomes, 1946</small>
- Microglanis leniceae <small>Shibatta, 2016</small>
- Microglanis leptostriatus <small>H. Mori & Shibatta, 2006</small>
- Microglanis lucenai <small>Lehmann A., Bartzen & Malabarba, 2024</small>
- Microglanis lundbergi <small>Jarduli & Shibatta, 2013</small>
- Microglanis maculatus <small>Shibatta, 2014</small>
- Microglanis malabarbai <small>Bertaco & A. R. Cardoso, 2005</small>
- Microglanis minutus <small>Ottoni, Mattos & Barbosa, 2010</small>
- Microglanis nigripinnis <small>Bizerril & Peres-Neto, 1992</small>
- Microglanis nigrolineatus <small>Terán, Jarduli, F. Alonso, Mirande & Shibatta, 2016</small>
- Microglanis oliveirai <small>W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011</small>
- Microglanis parahybae <small>(Steindachner, 1880)</small>
- Microglanis pataxo <small>Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda & Chamon, 2006</small>
- Microglanis pellopterygius <small>Mees, 1978</small>
- Microglanis pleriqueater <small>Mattos, Ottoni & Barbosa, 2013</small>
- Microglanis poecilus <small>C. H. Eigenmann, 1912</small>
- Microglanis reikoae <small>W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016</small>
- Microglanis robustus <small>W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2010</small>
- Microglanis secundus <small>Mees, 1974</small>
- Microglanis sparsus <small>W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016</small>
- Microglanis variegatus <small>C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914</small>
- Microglanis xerente <small>W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016</small>
- Microglanis xylographicus <small>W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011</small>
- Microglanis zonatus <small>C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942</small>
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