Microglanis pataxo

The Microglanis pataxo lives in the demersal, freshwater environment.

Microglanis pataxo can be identified by the color pattern with a dark blotch beneath adipose fin not extending to anal fin and by the high number of anal fin proximal radials, 12, shaped as rod-like thin tubes, the last one bearing a laminar extension. More

Order : Siluriformes
Family : Pseudopimelodidae
Genus : Microglanis
Species : Microglanis pataxo
Authority : Sarmento-Soares, Martins-Pinheiro,Aranda & Chamon, 2006