Micromyzon akamai

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Micromyzon akamai Friel & Lundberg, 1996

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Aspredinidae (Banjo catfishes) > Hoplomyzontinae
Etymology: Micromyzon: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, myzo = to suckle (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Alberto Akama is a Brazilian ichthyologist at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (Belém, Pará, Brazil). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Issue
See Friel & Lundberg (1996: 642) for detailed description.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 5 - 20 m (Ref. 13087). Tropical

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South America: lower Amazon River basin.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 137577)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabit channels of the white-water rivers on sandy substrates.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Friel, John P. | Collaborators

Friel, J.P. and J.G. Lundberg, 1996. Micromyzon akamai, gen. et sp. nov., a small and eyeless banjo catfish (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the river channels of the lower Amazon basin. Copeia 1996(3):641-648. (Ref. 13087)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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