Microglanis ater
Ahl, 1936
Synonyms
Hummelswels
South American Bumblebee Catfish
South American Bumblebee Catfish
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Zentralbrasilien - exact origin not known
Brazil
Eats plants
not known
unknown
present
iv / 11 rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
iv / 11 rays
I / 6 rays
6 soft rays
5 soft rays
only known from holotype
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- Ahl, E., 1936 "Beschreibung dreier neuer Welse aus Brasilien" (Zoologischer Anzeiger) P. 109
- Bizerril, C.R.S.F. & Perez-Neto, P.R., 1992 "Description of a new species of Microglanis (Siluroidei, Pimelodidae) from eastern Brazil" (Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpétologie) P. 97
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 402
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (II)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 354)
- 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, P. 54)
- 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, Vol. 60 No. 3, P. 187)
- 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, Vol. 9 No. 4, P. 697)
- Mattos, J.L.O.; Ottoni, F.P. & Barbosa, M.A., 2013 "Microglanis pleriqueater, a new species of catfish from the Sao Joao river basin, eastern Brazil (Teleostei: Pseudopimelodidae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 24 Iss. 2, P. 153)
- Zarske, A. "Hummelwelse"
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28.09.2025