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Gelanoglanis stroudi Böhlke, 1980

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Description: Gelanoglanis stroudi is a small, soft-bodied, long jawed, rosy auchenipterine with one pair of mental barbels, apparently not closely related to any other known member of the subfamily Centromochlinae, and is described from the lowlands of eastern Colombia. Gelanoglanis is a very small genus with only 5 members, G. stroudi Böhlke, 1980, G. nanonocticolus Soares-Porto, Walsh, Nico & Netto, 1999, G. pan Calegari, Reis & Vari, 2014, G. travieso Rengifo & Lujan, 2008, and G. varii Calegari & Reis, 2016. Habitat: This species occurs in the Meta River basin, and the Apure and Masparro River basins. It is a poorly known species, but appears to have a large distributional range across Colombia and Venezuela. Inhabits whitewater streams and rivers. Found in near-shore areas with sand and gravel bottoms in moderate to fairly swift current. Etymology: The genus name Gelanoglanis: gelanes, laughing or cheerful, referring to cheery appearance created by its “long and somewhat sinuous mouth,” with a “dorsally-directed fleshy flange from lower jaw on either side”; glanis, sheatfish (Silurus glanis), now used as a general term for catfish. The specific name stroudi: in honour of philanthropist William Boulton Dixon Stroud (1917-2005), for his support of the author’s field studies and collecting in the Colombian llanos. Remarks: Rare in the hobby and as such we may not see them in imports. Assessed (IUCN) as Least Concern due to its large distribution and the lack of any major threats. The species has likely been under collected to date due to its nocturnal habits.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Centromochlus stroudi

Family:

Auchenipteridae

Distribution:

South America: Orinoco River basin, Colombia and Venezuela.

Size:

3.5.cm. (1½ins)

Temp:

p.H.

7.0-8.0.

Reference:

Böhlke, James E. 1980. Gelanoglanis stroudi: a new catfish from the Rio Meta system in Colombia (Siluriformes, Doradidae, Auchenipterinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 132: 150-155.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 )
Reis, R & Lima, F. 2009. Gelanoglanis stroudi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009.
Soares-Porto, L.M., S.J. Walsh, L.G. Nico and J.M. Netto, 1999. A new species of Gelanoglanis from the Orinoco and Amazon river basins, with comments on miniaturization within the genus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 10(1):63-72.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Gelanoglanis stroudi
Preserved specimen

Gelanoglanis stroudi
Preserved specimen-dorsal view

Gelanoglanis stroudi
Preserved specimen-ventral view

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