Micromyzon orinoco
Carvalho, Lundberg, Baskin, Friel & Reis, 2016
Synonyms
unknown
Length (total)
approx. 2 cm
Standard length (documented)
15.6 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
(Prefered) River depth
10.00 - 18.00 m
Substrate
sand, mud
Eats plants
not known
unknown
 
Sympatric with
Leptodoras rogersae
Megalonema orixanthum
Pinirampus pirinampu
Pterodoras rivasi
Adontosternarchus devenanzii
Adontosternarchus sachsi
Cetopsis coecutiens
Eigenmannia macrops
Gymnorhamphichthys hypostomus
Megalonema orixanthum
Pinirampus pirinampu
Pterodoras rivasi
Adontosternarchus devenanzii
Adontosternarchus sachsi
Cetopsis coecutiens
Eigenmannia macrops
Gymnorhamphichthys hypostomus
Rhabdolichops troscheli
Rhamphichthys apurensis
Steatogenys elegans
Sternachorhynchus sp.
Sternarchella orinoco
Sternarchella orthos
Sternarchogiton nattereri
Sternarchorhamphus muelleri
Rhamphichthys apurensis
Steatogenys elegans
Sternachorhynchus sp.
Sternarchella orinoco
Sternarchella orthos
Sternarchogiton nattereri
Sternarchorhamphus muelleri
not known
- 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. 37)
- 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)
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