Paretroplus loisellei

Paretroplus loisellei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Etroplinae
Genus: Paretroplus
Species: P. loisellei
Binomial name
Paretroplus loisellei
Sparks & Schelly, 2011

Paretroplus loisellei is a vulnerable species of cichlid fish from the Mahanara River basin north of Sambava in northeastern Madagascar.[2] Until its scientific description in 2011, this population was usually referred to as Paretroplus sp. nov. "Ventitry" or included in P. damii, which it resembles.[2] It reaches about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length,[3] and is threatened by habitat loss and introduced species.[1] The similar named Ptychochromis loisellei is also restricted to the Mahanara River basin.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Loiselle, P. (2004). "Paretroplus loisellei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 Sparks, J. S. and Schelly, R. C. (2011). A new species of Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Etroplinae) from northeastern Madagascar, with a phylogeny and revised diagnosis for the P. damii clade. Zootaxa 2768: 55–68.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Paretroplus loisellei" in FishBase. July 2011 version.
  4. 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.
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