Paretroplus menarambo
| Paretroplus menarambo | |
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| Paretroplus menarambo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Etroplinae |
| Genus: | Paretroplus |
| Species: | P. menarambo |
| Binomial name | |
| Paretroplus menarambo Allgayer, 1966 | |
The pinstripe menarambo or pinstripe damba (Paretroplus menarambo) is a species of cichlid fish.
It is threatened by invasive species and over-fishing.[1] It is part of a captive breeding program by public institutions like London Zoo and Bolton Museum and among fishkeeping hobbyists.
Description
The pinstripe menarambo is a relatively deep-bodied Paretroplus that reaches 12.8–25 centimetres (5.0–9.8 in) in length.[2][3] Body is very laterally compressed. The coloration is brown-gray with vertical darker bands. The fins are gray with reddish-brown border. The tail fin is crescent-shaped.
Distribution
This species is present in the floodplain lakes in the Sofia River system in northwestern Madagascar.[1][3] It was formerly classified as extinct in the wild by the IUCN, but a remnant population has recently been discovered in Lake Tseny.[1][4] The same lake also has populations of the related P. kieneri and P. lamenabe,[4] and the round herring Sauvagella robusta.[5]
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- Sparks, J. 2008. Phylogeny of the cichlid subfamily Etroplinae and taxonomic revision of the malagasy cichlid genus Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Bulletin of the American museum of Natural history, 314: 1-151.
- Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd. Ed., London: Macdonald. Any 1985.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Loiselle, P. 2008. Paretroplus menarambo. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 May 2013.
- ↑ Guinane, S. (2000). The Madagascan Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Bleeker, 1865). Accessed 15 July 2011
- 1 2 Fishbase
- 1 2 Sparks, J. S. (July 6, 2011). To Lake Tseny by Oxcart. New York Times, Scientists at Work.
- ↑ IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group: Madagascar. Retrieved 27 June 2014.