Trondo mainty

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Trondo mainty
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Ptychochrominae
Genus: Ptychochromoides
Species: P. betsileanus
Binomial name
Ptychochromoides betsileanus
(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Tilapia betsileana Boulenger, 1899
  • Ptychochromis betsileanus (Boulenger, 1899)

The trondo mainty (Ptychochromoides betsileanus) is a critically endangered species of cichlid endemic to the Onilahy River Basin in southwestern Madagascar.[1] Its remaining range covers less than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi), and it is highly threatened by habitat loss, fishing and competition/predation by introduced species.[1] The trondo mainty reaches a length of 24 centimetres (9.4 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004 (2004). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ptychochromoides betsileanus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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