Akawaio penak

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Akawaio penak
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gymnotiformes
Family: Hypopomidae
Genus: Akawaio
Maldonado-Ocampo, López-Fernández, Taphorn, Bernard, Crampton & Lovejoy, 2014 [2]
Species:
A. penak
Binomial name
Akawaio penak
Maldonado-Ocampo, López-Fernández, Taphorn, Bernard, Crampton & Lovejoy, 2014

Akawaio penak is a species of bluntnose knifefish native to the upper Mazaruni River, Guyana. This species is the only known member of its genus. [2] This species is restricted to the upper Mazaruni River basin in Guyana. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Torgersen, K. (2023). "Akawaio penak". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T178204577A178204595. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T178204577A178204595.en . Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., López-Fernández, H., Taphorn, D.C., Bernard, C.R., Crampton, W.G.R. & Lovejoy, N.R. (2014): Akawaio penak, a new genus and species of Neotropical electric fish (Gymnotiformes, Hypopomidae) endemic to the upper Mazaruni River in the Guiana Shield. Zoologica Scripta, 43 (1): 24–33.


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