Sauvagella robusta
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Sauvagella robusta Stiassny, 2002
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Sauvagella robusta is a small species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is endemic to the Amboaboa and Mangarahara River Basins in northern Madagascar.[2][3] This relatively slender fish reaches a length of 6.8 cm (2.7 in),[4] and is overall pale yellowish with silvery on the lower parts.[2] Its current conservation status is unclear,[1] but the cichlid Ptychochromis insolitus, which is highly threatened from habitat loss, is native to the same region.[5] Sauvagella robusta is known to survive at least in Lake Tseny.[6]
References
- ^ a b Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Sauvagella robusta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.
- ^ a b Stiassny, M.L.J. (2002). Revision of Sauvagella Bertin (Clupeidae: Pellonulinae: Ehiravini) with a description of a new species from the freshwaters of Madagascar and diagnosis of Ehiravini. Copeia 2002(1): 67-76.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Sauvagella robusta" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
- ^ Loiselle, P. (2009). Sauvagella robusta picture. FishBase. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ IUCN, Freshwater Fish Specialist Group: Madagascar. Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 June 2014.