Hisonotus aky
Azpelicueta, Casciotta, Almirón & Körber, 2004
aky (Sprache: Guaraní) = grün
Synonyms
Epactionotus aky
Otocinclus verde
Otocinclus verde
Length (total)
approx. 5 cm
Standard length (documented)
35.0 mm
Recommended tank size
60 cm
Temperature
20 - 26 °C
pH
6.7 - 8.2
Conductivity
36 - 40 µS/cm
Oxygen
8.8 - 12.0 mg/L
Habitat river width
< 4.00 m
(Prefered) River depth
< 2.00 m
Locality
near small waterfall(s), under vegetation, of vegetation
Flow
strong
Substrate
sand, rocks
In water
Echinodorus, floating plants
On the riverbank
forest
Nutrition (mostly): vegetarian
Eats plants
not known
Keeping in groups is necessary.
Free spawner
yes
Evers
from
to
Quantity
20
Temp.
22
22
pH
7.50
7.50
GH
KH
NO³
Cond.
300
300
absent
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
14 soft rays
I / 7 rays
I / 6 rays
I / 5 rays
Temp. temporary between 16 - 18°C
Sympatric with
not known
- H.-G. Evers / I. Seidel "Welsatlas 1" edition: 2 (2005) P.372 - 373
- Seidel, Ingo "Ingos Harnischwelszucht" edition: 1 (2010) P.128
- amazonas Mai/Juni 2012 S.32 - 37
- Evers, Hans-Georg u.a.: "Keine Angst vor kleinen grünen Männchen"
(Amazonas Mai/Juni 2012 - "Wels-Presseschau") - Seidel, Ingo: "Ohrgitterwelse – Eine variable und systematisch schwierige Gruppe"
(Aquaristik Fachmagazin April / Mai 2022)
- Mercedes Azpelicueta, M. de las; Casciotta, J.; Almirón, A. & Körber, S., 2004 "A new species of Otothyrini (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) from the RÌo Uruguay basin, Argentina" (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ichthyologie , Bd. 4, P. 81)
- Bertaco, V.A.; Ferrer, J.; Carvalho, F.R. & Malabarba, L.R., 2016 "Article Inventory of the freshwater fishes from a densely collected area in South America —a case study of the current knowledge of Neotropical fish diversity" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4138 No. 3, P. 418)
- Zawadzki, C.H.; Roxo, F.F. & Graça. W.J. da, 2016 "Hisonotus pachysarkos, a new species of cascudinho from the rio Ivaí basin, upper rio Paraná system, Brazil (Loricariidae: Otothyrinae)" (Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, Vol. 26 No. 4, P. 379)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C.; Waltz, B.T. & Melo, J.E.G., 2016 "A new species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Otothyrinae) from the upper rio Paraná and rio São Francisco basins, Brazil" (Zootaxa , Vol. 4109 No. 2, P. 418)
- Calegari, B.B.; Morlis, W.G. & Reis, R.E., 2017 "A new species of Otothyropsis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the upper Río Paraná basin, Paraguay, with a discussion of the limits between Otothyropsis and Hisonotus" (Zootaxa, Vol. 4244, No. 2, P. 243)
- Roxo, F.F.; Silva, G.S.C. & Melo, B.F., 2018 "Hisonotus devidei, a new species from the São Francisco basin, Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) " (Journal of Fish Biology)
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for the pictures
Ingo Seidel
1, 2, 3
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