Trondo mainty

Trondo mainty
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Ptychochrominae
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 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), and it is highly threatened by habitat loss, fishing and competition/predation by introduced species.[1] Another cichlid from the same basin, Ptychochromis onilahy, is probably already extinct.[2] The trondo mainty reaches a length of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) SL.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004 (2004). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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