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Micromyzon Friel and Lundberg 1996

Micromyzon akamai Friel and Lundberg 1996

John P. Friel
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Containing group: Aspredinidae

Introduction

This genus is only known from the lower Amazon and Tocantins.

Characteristics

Diagnosis

A miniature (maximum observed SL less than 16 mm) hoplomyzontine aspredinid distinguished by the following apomorphies: anterior cranial fontanelle highly reduced and posterior cranial fontanelle absent; paired foramina bordered by supracleithra, supraoccipital and Weberian apparatus highly reduced; eyes absent; premaxillae extremely reduced and toothless; limb of palatine posterior to lateral ethmoid articulation much shorter than anterior limb; lateral line ossicles hypertophied to form an armor of overlapping cresentic plates with dorsal and ventral limbs tilted anteriorly; absence of a row of large unculiferous tubercles along lateral line; postcleithral processes short, rounded ; posterior coracoid processes very short, do not extend past anterior limit of basipterygia; typical banding pigmentation pattern of other hoplomyzontines reduced.

Other Names for Micromyzon akamai Friel and Lundberg 1996

References

Friel, J. & Lundberg, J. G. 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.

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Scientific Name Micromyzon akamai
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Copyright © 1995 John P. Friel
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John P. Friel
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Friel, John P. 2000. Micromyzon Friel and Lundberg 1996. Micromyzon akamai Friel and Lundberg 1996. Version 14 April 2000 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Micromyzon_akamai/15272/2000.04.14 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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