Microglanis

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 Microglanis xylographicus W. B. G. Ruiz & Shibatta, 2011 Microglanis zonatus C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942