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Rio Curaray, Ecuador

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Scientific Name	**Micromyzon akamai** Friel & Lundberg, 1996
Common Name
Type Locality	Rio Tocantins, above confluence with Rio Pará, 2°02'S, 49°17'W, Pará, Brazil, elevation 10-14 meters.
Pronunciation	My KROW my zon - ah kah mai
Etymology	The generic name come from the Greek mikros, meaning small, and myzon, meaning sucker which is the suffix of Hoplomyzon, the type genus of the tribe Hoplomyzontini. The specific epithet is named after Alberto Akama, for assistance in collecting the species.
Species Information
Size	16mm or 0.6" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	A hoplomyzontine characterized in having no eyes, reduced pigmentation, and a small size.
General Remarks	Found at the bottom of large, whitewater river channels on sandy substrate about 100-700 m from the shore and at depths of 5-20 m. The channels were fairly fast-flowing (approximately 1-1.5 m/sec). Other fish found in the habitat include gymnotiforms (Apteronotus, Sternarchella, Sternarchorhamphus, Sternachogiton, Eigenmannia, Steatogenys and Gymnorhamphichthys), and catfishes (Aspredo, Leptodoras and Pimelodus).
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: lower Amazon River basin. Amazon, Lower Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Upper Amazon, Napo, Curaray (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Other Parameters	The Ecuadoran specimen was collected in a habitat of wide sandy beach with low riparian vegetation bordering an approximately 100 m wide sandy bottomed river channel with white water, a water temperature of 28.3ºC and pH of 5.53–5.92.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Copeia 1996 (no. 3), pp 643, Fig. 1.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 01:40 (species record created: 2002 Oct 16 00:00)