Biology:Trondo mainty

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Trondo mainty
Ptychochromoides betsileanus.jpg

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Ptychochromoides
Species:
P. betsileanus
Binomial name
Ptychochromoides betsileanus
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia betsileana Boulenger, 1899
  • Ptychochromis betsileanus (Boulenger, 1899)

The trondo mainty (Ptychochromoides betsileanus) is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to the Onilahy River Basin in southwestern Madagascar .[1] Its remaining range covers less than 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) and it is highly threatened by habitat loss, fishing, and competition with/predation by introduced species.[2] Another cichlid from the same basin, Ptychochromis onilahy, is probably already extinct.[3] The trondo mainty reaches a standard length (SL) of 24 cm (9.4 in).[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2020). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18832A177066640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18832A177066640.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18832/177066640. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2020). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18832A177066640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18832A177066640.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18832/177066640. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  3. 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.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2702710 entry