# Micromyzon

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
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| authority = [Friel](/source/John_Patrick_Friel) & [Lundberg](/source/John_Graham_Lundberg), 1996
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'''''Micromyzon''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of tiny [catfish](/source/catfish) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Aspredinidae](/source/Aspredinidae) native to relatively deep parts of the [Amazon](/source/Amazon_basin) and [Orinoco](/source/Orinoco) basins in [South America](/source/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](/source/Micromyzon_akamai)'' <small>[Friel](/source/John_Patrick_Friel) & [Lundberg](/source/John_Graham_Lundberg), 1996</small>
* ''[Micromyzon orinoco](/source/Micromyzon_orinoco)'' <small>[T. P Carvalho](/source/Tiago_Pinto_Carvalho), [Lundberg](/source/John_Graham_Lundberg), [Baskin](/source/Jonathan_N._Baskin), [Friel](/source/John_Patrick_Friel) & [R. E. dos Reis](/source/Roberto_Esser_dos_Reis), 2016</small>

==References==
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Category:Aspredinidae
Category:Catfish genera

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