Biology:Rheocles wrightae
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Short description: Species of fish
| Rheocles wrightae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Rheocles |
| Species: | R. wrightae
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| Binomial name | |
| Rheocles wrightae Stiassny, 1990
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Rheocles wrightae, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where its occurs in the Manambola River, near Anosibe.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It was described by Melanie Stiassny in 1990 from a type locality given as "Sandrangato River, south of Moramanga".[3]
Etymology
The specific name honours the United States primatologist Patricia Wright.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles wrightae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19482A58301010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19482A58301010.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19482/58301010. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Rheocles wrightae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Rheocles wrightae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=59327.
- ↑ "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 March 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5477950 entry
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