Paretroplus nourissati

Paretroplus nourissati
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Paretroplus
Species:	P. nourissati
Binomial name
Paretroplus nourissati (Allgayer, 1998)
Synonyms[2]
Lamena nourissati Allgayer, 1998

Paretroplus nourissati, the lamena, is a species of cichlid from the vicinity of the confluence of the Amboaboa and Mangarahara Rivers near Mandritsara in northern Madagascar.[3] This relatively elongate Paretroplus reaches about 16 centimetres (6.3 in) in length, and is closely related to P. lamenabe and P.tsimoly.[3] P. nourissati is threatened by habitat loss and invasive species.[1]

Like other members of the lamena group, it is a rheophile (although less so than Oxylapia polli), and typically found in river sections that are shallow, clear and fast-flowing.[3] P. gymnopreopercularis is found in the same region, but it appears to be restricted to deeper pools in the river.[3] A member of another cichlid genus, Ptychochromis insolitus, is also restricted to the region.[4]

The specific name honours the cichlid aquarist Jean Claude Nourissat (1942-2003).[5]

References

1. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Paretroplus nourissati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44494A58308011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44494A58308011.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paretroplus nourissati". FishBase. June 2018 version.
3. Sparks, J. S. (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 Number 314 :1-151
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.