Biology:Rheocles derhami

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Rheocles derhami
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Rheocles
Species:
R. derhami
Binomial name
Rheocles derhami
Stiassny & D. M. Rodríguez, 1992

Rheocles derhami is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes.[2] It is endemic to the Ambalona River and Mangarahar River in Madagascar . Its natural habitat is rivers.[1] It was described by Melanie Stiassny and Damaris Rodriguez in 1992[3] and was named in honour of the Swiss conservationist Patrick De Rham.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5463602 entry