Malacoglanis gelatinosus

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Malacoglanis gelatinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Trichomycteridae Subfamily: Sarcoglanidinae Genus: Malacoglanis Myers & Weitzman, 1966 Species: M. gelatinosus
Binomial name
Malacoglanis gelatinosus Myers & Weitzman, 1966

Malacoglanis gelatinosus is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Malacoglanis.^[1] This fish grows to about 2.0 centimetres (.79 in) SL.^[2] It originates Caquetá River basin of Colombia.^[1] Stauroglanis is the sister group to a monophyletic group formed by Malacoglanis and Sarcoglanis.^[3]

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1. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
2. ^ "Malacoglanis gelatinosus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
3. ^ de Pinna, Mario C. C. (August 9, 1989). "A New Sarcoglanidine Catfish, Phylogeny of Its Subfamily, and an Appraisal of the Phyletic Status of the Trichomycterinae (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2950): 1–39.