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Trichomycteridae (Pencil or parasitic catfishes) > Sarcoglanidinae
Etymology: Ammoglanis: Greek, ammos = sand + Greek, glanis = a fish that can eat the bait without touching the hook; a cat fish. Glanis was the sacred spirit of springs in the town of Glanum and there was the Glanicae, a triad of local mother goddesses (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Costa.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
South America: stream tributary to Javaés River, Araguaia River basin in Brazil.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39970)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Inhabits shallow, narrow, clear water, moderately swift-flowing stream. Found buried in the sand. Feeds on Diptera larvae and a cladoceran species.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Costa, W.J.E.M., 1994. A new genus and species of Sarcoglanidinae (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the Araguaia Basin, central Brazil, with notes on subfamilial phylogeny. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 5(3):207-216. (Ref. 26653)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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