Micromyzon
| Micromyzon | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | |
| Order: | Siluriformes
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| Family: | |
| Genus: | Micromyzon & , 1996
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Micromyzon is a genus of tiny catfish in the family Aspredinidae native to relatively deep parts of the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.[1][2]
Species[]
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Micromyzon akamai & , 1996
- Micromyzon orinoco , , , & R. E. dos Reis, 2016
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Micromyzon in FishBase. May 2017 version.
- ^ a b 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, 165 (1): 37-53.
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