Biology:Paretroplus nourissati
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Paretroplus |
| Species: | P. nourissati
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| Paretroplus nourissati (Allgayer, 1998)
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Paretroplus nourissati, the lamena, is a species of cichlid from the vicinity of the confluence of the Amboaboa and Mangarahara Rivers near Mandritsara in northern Madagascar .[3] This relatively elongate Paretroplus reaches about 16 centimetres (6.3 in) in length, and is closely related to P. lamenabe and P.tsimoly.[3] P. nourissati is threatened by habitat loss and invasive species.[1]
Like other members of the lamena group, it is a rheophile (although less so than Oxylapia polli), and typically found in river sections that are shallow, clear and fast-flowing.[3] P. gymnopreopercularis is found in the same region, but it appears to be restricted to deeper pools in the river.[3] A member of another cichlid genus, Ptychochromis insolitus, is also restricted to the region.[4]
The specific name honours the cichlid aquarist Jean Claude Nourissat (1942-2003).[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Paretroplus nourissati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44494A58308011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44494A58308011.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44494/58308011. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Paretroplus nourissati" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sparks, J. S. (2008). Phylogeny of the Cichlid Subfamily Etroplinae and Taxonomic Revision of the Malagasy Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Number 314 :1-151
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamilies ETROPLINAE and PTYCHOCHROMINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cichlidae1/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2258349 entry
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