Malacoglanis

<i>Malacoglanis gelatinosus</i>

Malacoglanis gelatinosus

Species of fish

Malacoglanis gelatinosus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Malacoglanis.[1] This fish grows to about 2.0 centimetres (.79 in) SL.[2] and is native to the Caquetá River basin of Colombia.[1] Stauroglanis is the sister group to a monophyletic group formed by Malacoglanis and Sarcoglanis.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2007). "Malacoglanis gelatinosus" in FishBase. July 2007 version.
  3. [3]
    de Pinna, Mario C. C. (August 9, 1989). "A New Sarcoglanidine Catfish, Phylogeny of Its Subfamily, and an Appraisal of the Phyletic Status of the Trichomycterinae (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2950): 1–39.


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