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Name
Scientific name
Akysis prashadi
Described by
Authority Hora, Year 1936
Family
Akysidae
Common names
Indawgyi Stream Catfish, Prashad's Stream Catfish
Photograph credits
All 4 credited
Summary
The Indawgyi stream catfish, Akysis prashadi, is an akysid catfish from Lake Indawgyi and the upper Ayeyarwady drainage in northern Myanmar…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
62mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 45 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm, Water movement High: fast-flowing river or riffle
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 16.5–24°C, pH 6–7.2
Hardness
2–12dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Peaceful
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Community-safe
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
India, Myanmar, Ayeyarwady, Chindwin, Lake Indawgyi
Writing
Etymology
Akysis: from the Greek á- (Gr. ἀ), meaning 'not, without' and kýstis (Gr. κύστις), meaning 'bladder', in reference to genus members lacking a swim bladder. pra…
Distribution
Described from the southern shore of Lake Indawgyi and surrounding waters close to the town of Kamaing, Kachin State, northern Myanmar, all of which fall withi…
Habitat
Members of this genus are near-exclusive inhabitants of swiftly-flowing streams and rivers with substrates generally consisting of any combination of sand, gra…
Aquarium size
A tank with base dimensions of 45 ∗ 30 cm is more than sufficient, even for a group.
Maintenance
Not difficult to keep but should really be provided with a soft, sandy substrate since some of its time is spent completely buried, or with only eyes protrudin…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Akysis species are primarily nocturnal micropredators feeding on small aquatic crustaceans, worms, insect larvae and other zooplankton. They can be a little pi…
Behaviour and compatibility
Not especially competitive and should not be kept with much larger or more aggressive fishes. Miniature schooling cyprinids such as Boraras, Microdevario or sm…
Sexual dimorphism
According to Vishwanath et al. (2007) males possess a short, conical genital papilla immediately posterior to the anus while females have a flattened papilla w…
Reproduction
Unreported, though a short report was published in the description of A. vespa (Ng and Kottelat, 2004)[8], in which a successful spawning event was apparently …
Notes
This species is among the few members of the family to be exported for the aquarium hobby though is by no means common. It can be differentiated from all other…
References
References
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