| Kotso | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Etroplinae |
| Genus: | Paretroplus |
| Species: | P. petiti |
| Binomial name | |
| Paretroplus petiti Pellegrin, 1929 |
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The kotso (Paretroplus petiti) is a species of cichlid fish from northwestern Madagascar. Currently rated as data deficient by the IUCN, this species is virtually unknown.[1] The only known specimen is a juvenile that was collected more than 80 years ago.[2] It is not entirely clear where it was collected, but likely from the Maintimaso River or Lake Ambanja, which both are part of the Betsiboka River drainage.[2] Erroniously, the name P. petiti has often been applied to members of a different species, P. dambabe.[2]