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 Peru to the Río de La Plata basin in Argentina. They occur eastward to the Orinoco and Amazon basins. It is also present in the eastern coastal rivers of Brazil.
Species
There are currently 31 recognized species in this genus:
Microglanis ater C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
Microglanis berbixae Tobes, Falconí-López, Valdiviezo-Rivera & Provenzano, 2020
Microglanis carlae Vera-Alcaraz, da Graça & Shibatta, 2008
Microglanis cibelae L. R. Malabarba & Mahler, 1998
Microglanis cottoides (Boulenger, 1891)
Microglanis eurystoma L. R. Malabarba & Mahler, 1998
Microglanis garavelloi Shibatta & Benine, 2005
Microglanis iheringi A. L. Gomes, 1946
Microglanis leniceae Shibatta, 2016
Microglanis leptostriatus H. Mori & Shibatta, 2006
Microglanis lucenai Lehmann A., Bartzen & Malabarba, 2024
Microglanis lundbergi Jarduli & Shibatta, 2013
Microglanis maculatus Shibatta, 2014
Microglanis malabarbai Bertaco & A. R. Cardoso, 2005
Microglanis minutus Ottoni, Mattos & Barbosa, 2010
Microglanis nigripinnis Bizerril & Peres-Neto, 1992
Microglanis nigrolineatus Terán, Jarduli, F. Alonso, Mirande & Shibatta, 2016
Microglanis oliveirai W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011
Microglanis parahybae (Steindachner, 1880)
Microglanis pataxo Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro, Aranda & Chamon, 2006
Microglanis pellopterygius Mees, 1978
Microglanis pleriqueater Mattos, Ottoni & Barbosa, 2013
Microglanis poecilus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Microglanis reikoae W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016
Microglanis robustus W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2010
Microglanis secundus Mees, 1974
Microglanis sparsus W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016
Microglanis variegatus C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
Microglanis xerente W. B. G. Ruiz, 2016
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