Paretroplus loisellei

Paretroplus loisellei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
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] The specific name honours Paul V. Loiselle, Emeritus Curator of Freshwater Fishes at the New York Aquarium and a researcher in, and campaigner for the conservation of, the freshwater fish of Madagascar.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Paretroplus loisellei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44499A58308268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44499A58308268.en.
  2. ^ a b 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paretroplus loisellei". 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.
  5. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamilies ETROPLINAE and PTYCHOCHROMINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 November 2018.


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