A new species of bumblebee catfish of the genus Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Shibatta, Oscar Akio (2016): A new species of bumblebee catfish of the genus Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the upper rio Paraguay basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology (Neotrop. Ichthyol.) 14 (3), No. e 160031: 1-7, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20160031, URL: dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-20160031 A new species of Microglanis from upper rio Paraguay basin is described.

The species differs from congeners by the following combination of characters: deeply forked caudal fin with pointed lobes, bifurcated hook between antrorse and retrorse hooks on anterior margin of pectoral-fin spine, lateral line relatively long, surpassing the vertical through end of dorsal fin but not reaching adipose fin, color pattern of dorsal region of head dark brown with a restrict thin light area between anterior nostril and eye, broad light stripe on supraoccipital region.