{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | taxon = Micromyzon | authority = 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.<ref name=fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus=Micromyzon| year=2017 | month=May}}</ref><ref name=Carvalho2016>Carvalho, T.P., Lundberg, J.G., Baskin, J.N., Friel, J.P. & Reis, R.E. (2016): [http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1635/053.165.0104 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.''</ref>
==Species== There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=Carvalho2016/>
* ''Micromyzon akamai'' <small>Friel & Lundberg, 1996</small> * ''Micromyzon orinoco'' <small>T. P Carvalho, Lundberg, Baskin, Friel & R. E. dos Reis, 2016</small>
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Category:Aspredinidae Category:Catfish genera
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