Ptychochromoides
Ptychochromoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Cichlidae |
Subfamily: | Ptychochrominae |
Genus: | Ptychochromoides Kiener & Maugé, 1966 |
Type species | |
Tilapia betsileana Boulenger, 1899
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Species | |
3, see text |
Ptychochromoides is a genus of cichlids endemic to Madagascar. Of the three described species, two are critically endangered[1][2] and one was considered extinct until rediscovered in late 2010.[3]
Species
The genus formerly included Katria katria, which was moved to its own genus in 2006.[4] There are currently three recognized species in Ptychochromoides:[5]
- Ptychochromoides betsileanus (Boulenger, 1899) (Trondo mainty)
- Ptychochromoides itasy Sparks, 2004
- Ptychochromoides vondrozo Sparks & Reinthal, 2001
References
- ^ Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004 (2004). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004 (2004). "Ptychochromoides vondrozo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Toronto Zoo (2010). Mad Fishes 2010 – Fish conservation with Tim McCaskie in Madagascar. Accessed 14 July 2011
- ^ 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
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Ptychochromoides in FishBase. June 2014 version.