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Trondo mainty

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Species of fish

Trondo mainty
Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Ptychochromoides
Species: P. betsileanus
Binomial name
Ptychochromoides betsileanus
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia betsileana Boulenger, 1899
  • Ptychochromis betsileanus (Boulenger, 1899)

The trondo mainty (Ptychochromoides betsileanus) is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to the Onilahy River Basin in southwestern Madagascar. Its remaining range covers less than 10 km (3.9 sq mi) and it is highly threatened by habitat loss, fishing, and competition with/predation by introduced species. Another cichlid from the same basin, Ptychochromis onilahy, is probably already extinct. The trondo mainty reaches a standard length (SL) of 24 cm (9.4 in).

References

  1. ^ Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2020). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18832A177066640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18832A177066640.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2020). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18832A177066640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18832A177066640.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  3. Stiassny, M., and Sparks, J. S. (2006). Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic Malagasy Genus Ptychochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with the Description of Five New Species and a Diagnosis for Katria, New Genus. American Museum Novitates 3535.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". FishBase. April 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Ptychochromoides betsileanus
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