Ptychochromoides

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Ptychochromoides
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Ptychochromoides betsileanus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Ptychochrominae
Genus: Ptychochromoides
Kiener & Maugé, 1966
Type species
Tilapia betsileana
Boulenger, 1899
Species

3, see text

Ptychochromoides is a genus of cichlids endemic to Madagascar. Of the three described species, two are critically endangered [1] [2] and one was considered extinct until rediscovered in late 2010. [3]

Species

The genus formerly included Katria katria , which was moved to its own genus in 2006. [4] There are currently three recognized species in Ptychochromoides: [5]

References

  1. ↑ Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2020). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T18832A177066640. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18832A177066640.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Ptychochromoides vondrozo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T44511A58308949. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44511A58308949.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Toronto Zoo (2010). Mad Fishes 2010 – Fish conservation with Tim McCaskie in Madagascar. Accessed 14 July 2011
  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. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ptychochromoides". FishBase . June 2014 version.


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