Trondo mainty

Trondo mainty
Conservation status
	; Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Subfamily:	Ptychochrominae
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.^[2] Its remaining range covers less than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), and it is highly threatened by habitat loss, fishing and competition/predation by introduced species.^[2] Another cichlid from the same basin, Ptychochromis onilahy, is probably already extinct.^[3] The trondo mainty reaches a length of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) SL.^[4]

References

^ Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T18832A58300295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T18832A58300295.en. Retrieved 14 December 2017. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
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^ 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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