Rheocles lateralis

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Rheocles lateralis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Melanotaeniidae
Genus: Rheocles
Species:
R. lateralis
Binomial name
Rheocles lateralis

Rheocles lateralis, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where it is endemic to the Nosivolo River. [2]

Sources

  1. Ravelomanana, T. (2016). "Rheocles lateralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T19479A58300865. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19479A58300865.en .
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Rheocles lateralis" in FishBase . April 2019 version.


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