''Microglanis'' is a

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in the

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Pseudopimelodidae The Pseudopimelodidae are a small family (about 40 species) of catfishes known as the bumblebee catfishes or dwarf marbled catfishes. Some of these fish are popular aquarium fish. Taxonomy This family was formerly a subfamily of Pimelodidae. Pse ...

native to

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

. 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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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

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

Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Boli ...

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 ''Microglanis'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Pseudopimelodidae native to South America. This genus has the widest range (biology), distribution within its family, with species ranging from the Guianas to Venezuela; western ...

'' C. G. E. Ahl, 1936 * ''

Microglanis carlae ''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 P ...

'' Vera-Alcaraz, da Graça & Shibatta, 2008 * ''

Microglanis cibelae ''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 P ...

'' L. R. Malabarba &

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, 1998 * ''

Microglanis cottoides ''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 P ...

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, 1891) * ''

Microglanis eurystoma ''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 P ...

'' L. R. Malabarba &

, 1998 * ''

Microglanis garavelloi ''Microglanis'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Pseudopimelodidae native to South America. This genus has the widest range (biology), distribution within its family, with species ranging from the Guianas to Venezuela; western ...

'' Shibatta & Benine, 2005 * ''

Microglanis iheringi ''Microglanis iheringi'' is a species of South American catfish described by Alcides Lourenço Gomes in 1945. The species belongs to the genus Microglanis, a group of catfishes that are native to South America and which are distributed widely ...

'' A. L. Gomes, 1946 * ''

Microglanis leniceae ''Microglanis'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Pseudopimelodidae native to South America. This genus has the widest range (biology), distribution within its family, with species ranging from the Guianas to Venezuela; western ...

'' 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 ''Microglanis leptostriatus'' is a species of catfish belonging to the family Pseudopimelodidae. It appears to be entirely restricted to the middle and upper basin of the São Francisco River in Brazil. This species is small (up to standard len ...

'' H. Mori & Shibatta, 2006 * ''

Microglanis lundbergi ''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 P ...

'' 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 ''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 P ...

'' 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 ''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 P ...

'' Bertaco & A. R. Cardoso, 2005 * ''

Microglanis minutus ''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 P ...

'' 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 ''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 P ...

'' Bizerril & Peres-Neto, 1992 * ''

Microglanis nigrolineatus ''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 P ...

'' 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 ''Microglanis'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Pseudopimelodidae native to South America. This genus has the widest range (biology), distribution within its family, with species ranging from the Guianas to Venezuela; western ...

'' 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 ''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 P ...

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, 1880) * ''

Microglanis pataxo ''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 P ...

'' Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda & Chamon, 2006 * ''

Microglanis pellopterygius ''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 P ...

'' 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 ''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 P ...

'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 * ''

Microglanis reikoae ''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 P ...

'' 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 ''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 P ...

'' W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016 * ''

Microglanis variegatus ''Microglanis'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Pseudopimelodidae native to South America. This genus has the widest range (biology), distribution within its family, with species ranging from the Guianas to Venezuela; western ...

'' C. H. Eigenmann &

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Microglanis xerente ''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 P ...

'' W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016 * ''

Microglanis xylographicus ''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 P ...

'' W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 * ''

Microglanis zonatus ''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 P ...

'' C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942

References

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