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Short description: Species of fish

Rheocles wrightae
Scientific classification
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Rheocles
Species:
R. wrightae
Binomial name
Rheocles wrightae
Stiassny, 1990

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5477950 entry