''Microglanis'' is a

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in the

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native to

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. This genus has the widest

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within its family, with

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ranging from the

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; western slope of the

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and

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to the

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basin in

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. They occur eastward to the

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and

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s. It is also present in the eastern coastal rivers of

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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 &

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, 1998 * '' Microglanis cottoides'' ( Boulenger, 1891) * '' Microglanis eurystoma'' L. R. Malabarba &

, 1998 * '' Microglanis garavelloi'' Shibatta & Benine, 2005 * '' Microglanis iheringi'' A. L. Gomes, 1946 * '' Microglanis leniceae'' Shibatta, 2016 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.'' * '' Microglanis leptostriatus'' H. Mori & Shibatta, 2006 * '' Microglanis lundbergi'' Jarduli & Shibatta, 2013 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.'' * '' Microglanis maculatus'' Shibatta, 2014 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.'' * '' Microglanis malabarbai'' Bertaco & A. R. Cardoso, 2005 * '' Microglanis minutus'' Ottoni, Mattos & Barbosa, 2010 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.'' * '' Microglanis nigripinnis'' Bizerril & Peres-Neto, 1992 * '' Microglanis nigrolineatus'' Terán, Jarduli, F. Alonso,

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& Shibatta, 2016 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.'' * '' Microglanis oliveirai'' W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 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.'' * '' Microglanis parahybae'' (

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, 1880) * '' Microglanis pataxo'' Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda & Chamon, 2006 * '' Microglanis pellopterygius'' Mees, 1978 * '' Microglanis pleriqueater'' Mattos, Ottoni & Barbosa, 2013 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.'' * '' Microglanis poecilus'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 * '' Microglanis reikoae'' W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016 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.'' * '' Microglanis robustus'' W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2010 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.'' * '' Microglanis secundus'' Mees, 1974 * '' Microglanis sparsus'' W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016 * '' Microglanis variegatus'' C. H. Eigenmann &

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, 1914 * '' Microglanis xerente'' W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016 * '' Microglanis xylographicus'' W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 * '' Microglanis zonatus'' C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942

References

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