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Rheocles vatosoa
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Melanotaeniidae
Genus:	Rheocles
Species:	R. vatosoa
Binomial name
Rheocles vatosoa Stiassny, D. M. Rodríguez & Loiselle, 2002

Rheocles vatosoa is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is the Lokoho River basin. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sources

1. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles vatosoa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44660A58309149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44660A58309149.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Stiassny & Loiselle, 2002.Rheocles vatosoa, a new species of freshwater rainbowfish (Atherinomorpha: Bedotiidae) from the Lokoho River basin in Northeastern Madag

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• IUCN Red List endangered species
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• Freshwater fish of Madagascar
• Fish described in 2002
• Taxa named by Melanie Stiassny
• Taxa named by Damaris M. Rodríguez
• Taxa named by Paul V. Loiselle
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