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Onilahy River

Coordinates: 23°34′00″S 43°45′00″E / 23.5666667°S 43.75°E / -23.5666667; 43.75
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Onilahy is a river in Toliara Province, southern Madagascar. It flows down from the hills near Betroka to the Mozambique Channel. It empties at St. Augustin (23°34′00″S 43°45′00″E / 23.5666667°S 43.75°E / -23.5666667; 43.75), and into the Bay of Saint-Augustin.

Two species of cichlids are endemic to the river basin, but Ptychochromis onilahy is probably already extinct[1] and the remaining range of Ptychochromoides betsileanus covers less than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi).[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Template:IUCN2011.1