Epactionotus aky Azpellicueta, Casciotta, Almiron, & S. Korber, 2004

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*Epactionotus aky* Azpellicueta, Casciotta, Almiron, & S. Korber, 2004

Image contributors to this species:
Paul Dixon (2) Ingo Seidel (2)
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Relevant Information:	There are five species in this genera. Will feed on flake, algae, tablet foods and algae wafers and they lay their eggs on plant leaves. They rest on aquatic vegetation in the aquarium and the less light in the tank the darker they become. Provide a current in your tank for this species as they come from swift flowing waters. According to Evers et al, they are only found in a small area in the Rio Uruguay drainage in the Fortaleza Creek, close to the city of Paraiso. This species has been bred by image contributor Paul Dixon and is shown here. The following summary is from AZPELLICUETA et al (2004). Epactionotus aky is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: 1) 21 to 23 lateral plates; 2) light stripes extended from snout tip to supraoccipital level; 3) caudal fin with dark vertical stripes; 4) ventral surface of body completely covered by small platelets; 5) 1-4 feeble serrae on distal portion of pectoral spine posterior margin.
Common Name:	None
Synonyms:	None
Family:	Loricariidae ycipitidae
Distribution:	Argentina: Yabotí-Guazú basin, Uruguay River system, Misiones. Type locality: Argentina, Misiones, Río Uruguay basin, Arroyo Garibaldi (26º38'46.1"S, 53º59'55"W).
Size:	4.5cm. (1¾ins)
Temp:	16-24°c (59-75°f.)
p.H.	6.5-7.2.
Reference:	Evers, H.-G. & I.Seidel: Mergus, Baensch Catfish Atlas Volume 1, 1st English edn., 2005. Pp.944. Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. Azpellicueta, Casciotta, Almiron, & S. Korber, 2004, A new species of Otothyrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the Río Uruguay basin, Argentina