| Ptychochromoides vondrozo | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Ptychochrominae |
| Genus: | Ptychochromoides |
| Species: | P. vondrozo |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychochromoides vondrozo Sparks & Reinthal, 2001 |
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Ptychochromoides vondrozo is a critically endangered species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is endemic to the Mananara-sud river and its tributaries near Vondrozo in southeastern Madagascar.[1] These are deep and moderate to fast-flowing.[2] Its entire range covers less than 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi), which makes it highly threatened from continued sedimentation caused by deforestation.[1] It is also threatened by other species that have been introduced to the region.[1] It reaches about 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) in length.[2]