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Potamoglanis
Potamoglanis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Trichomycteridae, the pencil and parasitic catfishes. It is the only genus in the mongeneric subfamily Potamoglanidinae and are known as the pygmy pencil catfishes. The catfishes in this genus are found in South America.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Potamoglanis wapixana
speciesPotamoglanis wapixana
Potamoglanis anhanga
speciesPotamoglanis anhanga
Potamoglanis hasemani
speciesPotamoglanis hasemani
Potamoglanis johnsoni
speciesPotamoglanis johnsoni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 786124.