Paretroplus polyactis

Paretroplus polyactis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Cichlidae
Genus:	Paretroplus
Species:	P. polyactis
Binomial name
Paretroplus polyactis (Bleeker, 1878)
Synonyms
Chromis madagascariensisGuichenot, 1866

Paretroplus polyactis is a vulnerable species of cichlid found widely in fresh and brackish water in coastal regions and associated river basins in eastern Madagascar. ^{[2] [3]} It is the only Paretroplus found in the southern half of Madagascar, ^[2] and one of only two found in eastern drainages (the other is the far more restricted P. loisellei ). ^[4] P. polyactis is threatened by habitat loss and overfishing. ^[1] This relatively deep-bodied Paretroplus reaches 30 centimetres (12 in) in length. ^[5] It shares a large part of its range with a cichlid from another genus, Ptychochromis grandidieri . ^[2]

References

1. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Paretroplus polyactis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T16238A58297577. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16238A58297577.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. 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
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paretroplus polyactis". FishBase . July 2011 version.
4. 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.
5. Guinane, S. (2000). The Madagascan Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Bleeker, 1865). Accessed 15 July 2011