Ptychochromis grandidieri

Ptychochromis grandidieri
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Ptychochrominae
Genus: Ptychochromis
Species: P. grandidieri
Binomial name
Ptychochromis grandidieri
Sauvage, 1882

Ptychochromis grandidieri is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is endemic to river basins along a large part of the eastern coast of Madagascar, although it has been recorded as far as 100 kilometres (62 mi) inland.[2] Uniquely in the genus Ptychochromis, this species also occurs in brackish water.[2] It reaches a length of about 21.5 centimetres (8.5 in).[3] It shares a large part of its range with a cichlid from another genus, Paretroplus polyactis.[4]

References

  1. ^ Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop, Mantasoa, Madagascar 2001 (2004). "Ptychochromis grandidieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/44502. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Ptychochromis grandidieri" in FishBase. July 2011 version.
  4. ^ 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