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| Scientific Name | Akysis brachybarbatus Chen, 1981 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Pronunciation | ack EYE siss |
| Etymology | From the Greek a, meaning without and kystis, meaning bladder; in reference to the lack of a swimbladder. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 50mm (2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: Mekong basin in Yunnan, China. Mekong  , Upper Mekong (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Carnivorous. |
| Furniture | Likes to live in clear pools with gravel bottom and usually swims in the current under rocks or beneath floating weeds to search for food. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2010 Nov 09 03:57 (species record created: 2010 Feb 02 14:57) |
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