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Hypopomidae (Bluntnose knifefishes)
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.
Eponymy: The Akawaio Amerindians who live in the region of the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana, were thanked for their valuable help while the describers studied the fishes of their territory. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
South America: endemic to the upper Mazaruni River in Guyana.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.7 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 94087)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos anales: 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).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Herramientas
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00372 (0.00143 - 0.00967), b=3.06 (2.83 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (11 of 100). 🛈 |