Biology:Ratsirakia legendrei
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Ratsirakia Maugé, 1984 |
| Species: | R. legendrei
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| Ratsirakia legendrei (Pellegrin, 1919)
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Ratsirakia legendrei is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae endemic to fresh waters of Madagascar . This species can reach a length of 17 cm (6.7 in). It is the only known member of its genus.[3] It is the only species in the monotypic genus Ratsirakia, the name of which honours Didier Ratsiraka (b. 1933) who was President of Madagascar from 1975-1993 and from 1997-2002 while the specific name refers to the France physician Jean Legendre who discovered the species while serving with French colonial troops in Madagascar.[4]
References
- ↑ Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Ratsirakia legendrei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19317A58300476. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19317A58300476.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19317/58300476. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Pellegrin, Jacques (1919). "Sur les Eleotris des eaux douces de Madagascar. Description d'une espèce nouvelle". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 44 (5–7): 266–271. BHL page 35980855. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6139772z/f302.image.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ratsirakia legendrei" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Families RHYACICHTHYIDAE, ODONTOBUTIDAE, MILYERINGIDAE, ELEOTRIDAE, BUTIDAE and THALASSELEOTRIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 26 July 2017. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes1/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2711866 entry
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