Biology:Teramulus waterloti

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Teramulus waterloti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Genus: Teramulus
Species:
T. waterloti
Binomial name
Teramulus waterloti
(Pellegrin, 1932)
Synonyms[2]

Atherina duodecimalis waterloti Pellegrin, 1932

Teramulus waterloti is a species of silverside from the subfamily Atherinomorinae which is endemic to Madagascar . This species occurs in rivers, creeks, and streams in north western Madagascar from the Mananjeba River south to the Anjingo River. The IUCN classify this species as Endangered and it is threatened by deforestation which degrades its habitat through sedimentation and by the introduction of invasive fish species such as Channa maculata.[1] This fish was described in 1932 as the subspecies waterloti of Atherina duodecimalis by Jacques Pellegrin who named it after Georges Waterlot (1877-1939), a collector of specimens in Africa and Madagascar for Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, including the type of this species,[3] which he collected from Antikotazo Creek, District d'Ambilobé, Diégo Suarez Province.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sparks, J.S. (2020). "Teramulus waterloti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T21629A177241867. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T21629A177241867.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21629/177241867. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Teramulus waterloti" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 1 January 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/atheriniformes1/. 
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Atherina duodecimalis waterloti". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=33932. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5480066 entry