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Scientific Name	**Akysis vespa** Ng & Kottelat, 2004
Common Names	Orange Banded Stone Catfish Orange Banded Hillstream Catfish, Wasp Stream Catfish
Type Locality	Stream "Chon Son" between Kyondaw and Phadaw, about 20 kilometers northwest of Payathouzu (at border with Thailand), 15°25'N, 98°15'E, Kayin State, Myanmar.
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	35mm or 1.4" 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: Ataran River drainage in Myanmar. Salween, Ataran (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Doesn't appear to be a particularly fussy feeder, accepts prepared foods providing they are small enough to be eaten but this small species. User data.
Furniture	Rocks or driftwood to partially deflect the current and for the fish to hide in. Some vegetation or leaf litter also ideal.
Compatibility	Ideal tankmates include balitorine loaches such as Homaloptera, fast-swimming cyprinids such as Danio or Barilius, and smaller mastacembelids.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 15 (no. 3), pp 194, Figs. 1-3, 5.
Registered Keepers	There are 20 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Last Update	2019 Sep 29 07:36 (species record created: 2004 Feb 22 00:00)