| Main Ref. | Malabarba, L.R. and J.K.F. Mahler Jr., 1998 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Microglanis cibelae is the most elongated Microglanis species from southern Brazil. It differs from M. eurystoma and M. cottoides by the smaller head length (25.6-31.1% SL, versus 27.8-36.1 and 29.3-33.8 respectively) and body width (25.4-29.8% SL, versus 30.3-34.7 and 28.5-33.9 respectively). The higher body depth (17.2-22.5% SL) and caudal peduncle depth (10.3-14.3% SL) most clearly distinguish M. cibelae from M. parahybae (12.9-15.6 and 7.6-9.7, respectively). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | 7 - 10 |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | 6 - 8 |
| on upper limb | 2 - 3 |
| total | 8 - 11 |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total | 30 - 30 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 6 - 6 |
| Adipose fin | present |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 11 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines 1 | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 6 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 - 6 |