Biology:Micromyzon

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Micromyzon
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Aspredinidae
Subfamily: Hoplomyzontinae
Genus: Micromyzon
Friel & Lundberg, 1996

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]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Micromyzon in FishBase. May 2017 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q18691907 entry