Miuroglanis platycephalus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Miuroglanis.[1] This species is endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Solimões River basin.[2] This species grows to a length of 1.2 centimetres (0.47 in) NG.
| Miuroglanis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Trichomycteridae |
| Subfamily: | Tridentinae |
| Genus: | Miuroglanis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 |
| Species: | M. platycephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Miuroglanis platycephalus | |
References
edit- ^ 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.