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Pseudopimelodidae (Bumblebee catfishes, dwarf marbled catfishes)
Etymology: Microglanis: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish (Ref. 45335); pataxo: Named in honor of Pataxó native indigenous people, who live in the neighborhoods of the distribution area of this new species..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: Rio Peruípe, rio Jucuruçu and rio Cahy drainages in northeastern Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57827)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 7;
Vertebrae: 29. Distinguished by the color pattern with a dark blotch beneath adipose fin not extending to anal fin and by the high number of anal fin proximal radials, 12, shaped as rod-like thin tubes, the last one bearing a laminar extension. Can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: a pectoral fin spine with a bony point and bearing proportionally few serrations on posterior border of pectoral fin spine, eight to ten; seven pleural ribs and a proportionally short head width (67.8-74.3% in HL).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sarmento-Soares, L.M., R.F. Martins-Pinheiro, A.T. Aranda and C.C. Chamon, 2006. Microglanis pataxo, a new catfish from southern Bahia coastal rivers, northeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae). Neotrop. Ichthyol. 4(2):157-166. (Ref. 57827)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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