Miuroglanis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Trichomycteridae |
Subfamily: | Tridentinae |
Genus: | Miuroglanis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 |
Species: | M. platycephalus |
Binomial name | |
Miuroglanis platycephalus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 |
Miuroglanis platycephalus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Miuroglanis. This species is endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Solimões River basin. This species grows to a length of 1.2 centimetres (0.47 in) NG.
References
- Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Miuroglanis platycephalus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
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