Malacoglanis
| Malacoglanis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Sarcoglanidinae |
| Genus: | Malacoglanis Myers & Weitzman, 1966[2] |
| Species: | M. gelatinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Malacoglanis gelatinosus Myers & Weitzman, 1966[2]
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Malacoglanis is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Trichomycteridae and the subfamily Sarcoglanidinae, the psammmophilic catfishes, the only species in the genus is Malacoglanis gelatinosus.[3] This fish grows to about 2 centimetres (0.79 in) SL.[4] and is native to the Caquetá River basin of Colombia.[3] Stauroglanis is the sister group to a monophyletic group formed by Malacoglanis and Sarcoglanis.[5]
References
- ^ Jimenez-Prado, P. (2016). "Malacoglanis gelatinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T167740A61473056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T167740A61473056.en. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sarcoglanidinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ a b 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Malacoglanis gelatinosus". FishBase. July 2007 version.
- ^ 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.