Synonyms
Bagrecito
Bumblebee catfish
dwarf marbled catfishes
Zwerg-Harlekinwels
Zwerg-Hummelwels
Bumblebee catfish
dwarf marbled catfishes
Zwerg-Harlekinwels
Zwerg-Hummelwels
Length (total)
approx. 9 cm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
26 - 30 °C
pH
6.0 - 8.0
In water
foliage
On the riverbank
forest
Nutrition (mostly): omnivore
Eats plants
not known
Free spawner
yes
unknown
 
present
9 soft rays
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
convex
9 soft rays
little longer at the top than at the bottom
I / 6 rays
convex
Sympatric with
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
last seen on a
german stock list
german stock list
28/October/2021
- 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. 403
- Eigenmann, C.H., 1912 "The Freshwater Fishes of British Guiana, including a Study of the ecological Grouping of Species, and the Relation of the Fauna of the Plateau to that of the Lowlands" (Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. 5, P. 155)
- 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, Vol. 27 No. 3)
- 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, Vol. 14 No. 3)
- 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, Vol. 27 No. 3, P. 201)
- DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Callazos, E.E.; Herrera-R., G.A.; Ortega-Lara, A.; Villa-Navarro, F.A.; Oviedo, J.S.U. & Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., 2017 "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia: a Darwin Core alternative to the updating problem" (ZooKeys, Vol. 708, P. 95)
- Urbano-Bonilla, A.; Ballen, G.A.; Herrera-R, G.A.; Zamudio, J., Herrera-Collazos; E.E.; DoNascimiento, C.; Prada-Pedreros, S. & Maldonado-Ocampo, A., 2018 "Fishes of the Cusiana River (Meta River basin, Colombia), with an identification key to its species" (ZooKeys, No. 733, P. 79)
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for the pictures
Eigenmann, Carl H. (PD)
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