Akko dionaea

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Akko dionaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Akko
Species:
A. dionaea
Binomial name
Akko dionaea
Birdsong & C. R. Robins, 1995
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Akko dionaea, the Atlantic specter goby, is a species of gobies native to the Amazon basin and Colombia. It inhabits black mud at ca. 20 m depth. [2] [1]

Amazon basin drainage basin in South America drained via the Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean

The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 6,300,000 km2 (2,400,000 sq mi), or about 35.5 percent that of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

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References

  1. 1 2 Pezold, F.; van Tassell, J.; Aiken, K.A.; Tornabene, L. & Bouchereau, J.-L. (2015). "Akko dionaea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190967A1963238. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T190967A1963238.en.
  2. Akko dionaea Van Tassell & Baldwin, 2004. FishBase