Akysis
prashadi Hora, 1936 |
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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft
rays (total): 45; Vertebrae: 34 - 35. Posterior edge of pectoral
spine without serrations. Head length 20.6-23.8% SL; head width
21.4-25.1% SL; interorbital distance 35-37% HL; length of nasal
barbel 63-68% HL. Caudal fin deeply emarginate. Aquarium
Care: Like other members of its
genera, Akysis prashadi is more at home in aquaria having
a sand substrate interspersed with small rocks and pebbles mixed
with thick clumps of plants. Unless feeding, when they are highly
active, they can be over looked in aquaria that has a sand substrate
as they like nothing better than to bury themselves, leaving only
their nasal barbels which protrude slightly from the sand to indicate
where they are. Water conditions although not critical, (as long
as it is low in nitrates) should be provided with a temperature
range of between 18°C and 27°C, and pH values of between
6.5 and 7.2. Diet: Feeding Akysis prashadi
does not cause any difficulty, as long as you use frozen or live
foods such as bloodworms, brine shrimps, white worms and daphnia,
as they tend to ignore commercially prepared foods. |
Common
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Indawgyi
stream catfish |
Synonyms: |
Akysis variegatus
variegatus |
Family: |
Akysidaemblycipitidae |
Distribution: |
Asia:
Indawgyi Lake and northern Irrawaddy River basin, Myanmar. Type
locality: South end of Indawgyi Lake, along sw. shore,
Myitkyina Dist., Upper Burma. |
Size:
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6.5cm (2½ins)
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Temp: |
18-27°C
(63-81°F) |
p.H. |
6.5-7.2. |
Reference: |
Ng, H.H. 1999 The
Akysis of Myanmar: a review (Teleostei: Akysidae). Raffles Bull.
Zool. 47(2):541-548.
ScotCat Factsheet
no. 139. Jan. 2008. |
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