Microglanis

Microglanis
Microglanis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pseudopimelodidae
Genus: Microglanis
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Type species
Microglanis poecilus
Eigenmann, 1912

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.[1]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microglanis". FishBase. October 2016 version.