Batrachus uranoscopus
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| Species: | B. uranoscopus
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| Batrachus uranoscopus Guichenot, 1866
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Batrachus uranoscopus is a species of fish in the Batrachoididae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss, including sedimentation in rivers caused by excessive surface runoff from slash-and-burn agriculture.
References
- Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Batrachus uranoscopus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
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