Micromyzon akamai
Friel & Lundberg, 1996
(Type species)
dedicated Alberto Akama - collector of the type material
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 2 cm
Standard length (documented)
15.8 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
(Prefered) River depth
5.00 - 20.00 m
Locality
only in the main stream
Type of water
White water
Substrate
sand
Eats plants
not known
unknown
Not on the positive list of Brazil in 2012 : The positive list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
Not on the negative list of Brazil from 2020 : The negative list of Brazil
- de Pinna, M.C.C., 1998 "Phylogenetic relationships of neotropical Siluriformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi): historical overview and synthesis of hypotheses" (Phylogeny and classification of Neotropical fishes) P. 318
- Reis, R.E., Kullander, S.O. & Ferraris, C.J. et.al., 2003 "Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America" P. 264
- Friel, J.P. & Lundberg, J., 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, Vol. 1996 No. 3, P. 641)
- Costa, W.J.E.M. & Le Bail, P., 1999 "Fluviphylax palikur: A New Poeciliid from the Rio Oiapoque Basin, Northern Brazil (Cyprinodontiformes: Cyprinodontoidei), with Comments on Miniaturization in Fluviphylax and Other Neotropical Freshwater Fishes" (Copeia, Vol. 1999 No. 4, P. 1028)
- Ferraris, C.J. jr., 2007 "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types (I)" (Zootaxa, Vol. 1418, P. 61)
- Carvalho, T.P.; Lundberg, J.G.; Baskin, J.N.; Friel, J.P. & Reis, R.E., 2016 "A new species of the blind and miniature genus Micromyzon Friel and Lundberg, 1996 (Silurifomes: Aspredinidae) from the Orinoco River: describing catfish diversity using high-resolution computed tomography" (Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 165 No. 1, P. 51)
- Chuctaya, J.; Encalada, A.C.; Barragán, K.S.; Torres, M.L.; Rojas, K.E.; Ochoa-Herraera, V. & Carvalho, T.P., 2020 "New Ecuadorian records of the eyeless banjo catfish Micromyzon akamai (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) expand the species range and reveal intraspecific morphological variation" (abstract) (Journal of Fish Biology)
- Proudlove, G.S. "Subterranean fishes of the World. An account of the subterranean (hypogean) fishes described up to 2003 with a bibliography 1541-2004" (International Society for Subterrnaean Biology, Moulis, P. 268)
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