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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
Ökologie
; süßwasser demersal; tiefenbereich 5 - 20 m (Ref. 13087). Tropical
South America: lower Amazon River basin.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.6 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 36695)
Inhabit channels of the white-water rivers on sandy substrates.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: nicht kommerziell
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).