/siluriformes/akysidae/akysis/brachybarbatus/1.jpg "Akysis brachybarbatus")
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Akysis brachybarbatus Chen, 1981 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Nanrui River, Mekong River system, Manglian County, China. |
| Synonym(s) | Akysis branchybarbatus |
| 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 or 2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Fishes of the genus Akysis are small species (typically not larger than 50mm SL) with tuberculate skin and a cryptic color pattern generally consisting of yellow patches or bands on a brown body. They have a distribution ranging from the Irrawaddy River drainage to the west, the Citarum River drainage to the east and south and the Lancanjiang (upper Mekong) drainage to the north. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: Mekong basin in Yunnan, China. Mekong, Upper Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2022. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Carnivorous. User data. |
| 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. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Zoological Research v. 2 (no. 3), pp 210 (English p. 213), Fig. 2. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.29.245.2414 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:45 (species record created: 2010 Feb 02 14:57) |
