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Etymology: Akawaio: Named for Akawaio Amerindians that populate the region of the upper Mazaruni and to recognize their valuable help while studying the fishes of their lands. A masculine noun.; penak: From the Akawaio name ‘penak’, which is apparently used unambiguously for this species. A masculine noun in apposition..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल बेनथोपिलाजिक. Tropical

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South America: endemic to the upper Mazaruni River in Guyana.

आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.7 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 94087)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान | मौरफोमैटरिक्स

ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 173 - 199. Can be diagnosed by the following characters: coracoid with a foramen; opercle with concave posterior margin; one ossified basibranchial; absence of postpectoral or humeral accessory electric organs; 14 total pectoral-fin rays (ii-iii) (shared with ranges of some Brachyhypopomus species0; 173-199 anal-fin rays (shared with ranges of few species of Brachyhypopomus and Microsternarchus); snout length 24.7-32.6% HL; five pectoral radials, in some individuals four partially fused to five (shared with Hypopomus species); mesopterygoid with short or reduced ascending process (shared with Microsternarchus species); mesocoracoid bridge absent (shared with most species of Brachyhypopomus, Microsternarchus and Racenisia); and 17 precaudal vertebrae (shared with some Brachyhypopomus species) (Ref. 94087).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक : Albert, James S. | सहयोगीयो

Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., H. López-Fernández, D.C. Taphorn, C.R. Bernard, W.G.R. Crampton and N. Lovejoy, 2013. Akawaio penak, a new genus and species of Neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae) endemic to the upper Mazarumi River in the Guiana Shield. Zoologica Scripta (Ref. 94087)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Endangered (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 14 December 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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इंटरनेट स्रोत

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00199 - 0.01914), b=3.06 (2.81 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).

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