Hisonotus aky

Hisonotus aky
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Loricariidae
Genus: Hisonotus
Species:
H. aky
Binomial name
Hisonotus aky
Synonyms
  • Epactionotus aky Azpelicueta, Casciotta, Almirón & Koerber, 2004

Hisonotus aky, sometimes known as the green hisonotus, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Loricariidae, the suckermouth armoured catfishes, and the subfamily Hypoptopomatinae, the cascudinhos. This catfish occurs in the Uruguay River basin in Misiones Province, Argentina, and the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. This species reaches a standard length of 4 cm (1.6 in). H.aky was first formally described as Epactionotus aky in 2004 by María de las Mercedes Azpelicueta, Jorge Rafael Casciotta, Adriana Edith Almirón and Stefan Koerber with its type locality given as the Arroyo Garibaldi at 26°38'46.1"S, 53°59'55"W in the Uruguay River basin in Misiones, Argentina. In 2009 the species was reclassified in the genus Hisonotus.

References

  1. 1 2 Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Hisonotus aky". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T186395A1812417. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T186395A1812417.en. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hisonotus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  3. ↑ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Hisonotus aky)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hisonotus aky". FishBase. February 2026 version.
  5. ↑ Carvalho, Tiago P. and Roberto E. Reis. "Four New Species of Hisonotus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Upper Rio Uruguay, Southeastern South America, with a Review of the Genus in the Rio Uruguay Basin". Zootaxa. 2113 (1): 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2113.1.1.