A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Pacific slope of Ecuador

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Tobes, Ibon, Falconí-López, Ana, Valdiviezo-Rivera, Jonathan, Provenzano-Rizzi, Francisco (2020): A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Pacific slope of Ecuador. Neotropical Ichthyology (e 190023) 18 (2): 1-19, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2019-0023, URL: dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2019-0023 A new species of catfish is described from the Esmeraldas River Basin, Pacific slope, northern Ecuador.

Tentatively included in Microglanis, represents the second species of the genus inhabiting the Trans-Andean region. The new species is distinguished from known congeners by a unique combination of external characteristics: head and body color pattern, uniform, pale brown, yellowish or grayish, without any kind of blotches, bands or dots, only a lunate transverse band, dark or black, at caudal-fin origin; adipose-fin origin and forward without lighter or luminous areas.