Sarcoglanis simplex

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| genus = Sarcoglanis

| parent_authority = Myers & Weitzman, 1966

| species = simplex

| display_parents = 3

| authority = Myers & Weitzman, 1966

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Sarcoglanis simplex is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the family Trichomycteridae, and the only species of the genus Sarcoglanis.{{cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J. Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1 }} This fish originates from the upper Rio Negro basin of Brazil.{{FishBase|genus=Sarcoglanis|species=simplex|year=2007|month=July}} Stauroglanis is the sister group to a monophyletic group formed by Malacoglanis and Sarcoglanis.{{cite journal|url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5105/1/N2950.pdf|title=A New Sarcoglanidine Catfish, Phylogeny of Its Subfamily, and an Appraisal of the Phyletic Status of the Trichomycterinae (Teleostei, Trichomycteridae)|first=Mario C. C.|last=de Pinna|journal=American Museum Novitates|issue=2950|pages=1–39|date=August 9, 1989}}