Pachypanchax sakaramyi
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINODONTIFORMES | APLOCHEILIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Pachypanchax sakaramyi |
| Species Authority: | (Holly, 1928) |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered B1ab(i,iii)+2ab(i,iii) ver 3.1 | ||||||
| Year Published: | 2004 | ||||||
| Assessor/s: | Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop, Mantasoa, Madagascar 2001 | ||||||
| Reviewer/s: | Stiassny, M.L.J., Sparks, J.S. (AMNH, New York) & Darwall, W (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme) | ||||||
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Justification: Pachypanchax sakaramyi previously was listed as Vulnerable. Improved information since then has resulted in it being uplisted to Critically Endangered. A visit to Joffreville in 2001 revealed that the upper reaches of the Sakaramy River has been effectively de-watered by diversion of the river’s headwaters, for domestic use by local residents. This last riverine subpopulation of P. sakaramyi exists only as a few fish surviving in puddles fed by the leaking water pipe. This species is reputed to occur in Lac Texier and one other low altitude crater lake, both of which are located inside the boundaries of Montagne d’Ambre National Park. However, these habitats have not been sampled since the late 1950’s and nothing is known of the current status of these populations. In light of these observations this species is assessed as Critically Endangered. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Endemic to Madagascar. |
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Native:
Madagascar
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Population [top]
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Systems: | Freshwater |
Bibliography [top]
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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Holly, M. 1928. Zwei noch nicht beschriebene Fischeformen aus Afrika. Zoologischer Anzeiger 76:312-314. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Loiselle, P.V. and de Rham, P. 2003a. Pachypanchax. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar, pp. 870-871. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Loiselle, P.V. and Ferdenzi, J. 1997. The natural history and aquarium husbandry of Pachypanchax sakaramyi (Holly 1928), the "lost killifish" of Madagascar. Journal of the American Killifish Association 16 (1-2): 29-41. |
| Citation: | Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Pachypanchax sakaramyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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