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.[1]
| Akawaio penak | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gymnotiformes |
| Family: | Hypopomidae |
| Genus: | Akawaio Maldenado-Ocampo, López-Fernández, Taphorn, C. R. Bernard, Crampton & Lovejoy, 2014 [1] |
| Species: | A. penak
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| Binomial name | |
| Akawaio penak | |
References
edit- ^ a b 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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