Rheocles wrightae

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Rheocles wrightae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Bedotiidae
Genus: Rheocles
Species:
R. wrightae
Binomial name
Rheocles wrightae
Stiassny, 1990

Rheocles wrightae, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where its occurs in the Manambola River, near Anosibe. [2] It is threatened by habitat loss. [1] It was described by Melanie Stiassny in 1990 from a type locality given as "Sandrangato River, south of Moramanga". [3]

Etymology

The specific name honours the American primatologist Patricia Wright. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles wrightae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T19482A58301010. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19482A58301010.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rheocles wrightae". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rheocles wrightae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 June 2019.


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