Biology:Pachypanchax sparksorum
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aplocheilidae |
| Genus: | Pachypanchax |
| Species: | P. sparksorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachypanchax sparksorum Loiselle, 2006
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Pachypanchax sparksorum is a species of Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is found in the Anjingo River and streams feeding into the Ankofia River. Its natural habitat is rivers.[2] The specific name of this fish honours the ichthyologist John S. Sparks of the United States National Museum and his wife Karen Riseng Sparks, they collected many of the type series.[3]
References
- ↑ Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Pachypanchax sparksorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44483A58307259. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44483A58307259.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44483/58307259. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Pachypanchax sparksorum" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 31 May 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes1/. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- Loiselle, P. 2006. A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1366: 1–44 (2006)
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pachypanchax sparksorum" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q142722 entry
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