Pantanodon madagascariensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINODONTIFORMES	POECILIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Pantanodon madagascariensis
Species Authority:	(Arnoult, 1963)
Taxonomic Notes:	The placement of Pantanodon is problematic. Based on the most recent studies, it should be placed under Poeciliidae (Parenti 1981, Ghedotti 2000) (J. Sparks pers. comm.)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct 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)

Justification:
Originally known from rivers on the eastern slopes of Madagascar, between Mahavelona and Fenoarivo. This species is now thought to be Extinct following the conversion of its preferred swamp habitat into rice fields.

History:

1996	–	Endangered
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Regionally extinct: Madagascar
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Freshwater

Systems:

Freshwater

Bibliography [top]

	Arnoult, J. 1963. Un oryziné (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) nouveau de l'Est de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 35(3):235-237. Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Benstead, J.P, Stiassny, M.L.J., Loiselle, P.V., Rising, K.J. and Raminosoa, N. 2000. River conservation in Madagascar. In: P.J. Boon, B.R. Davies & G.E. Petts (eds). Global Perspectives on River Conservation pp: 205-231. Wiley, UK. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Harrison, I.J. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 1999. The Quiet Crisis. A preliminary listing of the freshwater fishes of the world that are Extinct or “Missing in Action". In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp. 271-331. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Sparks, J.S. 2003b. Pantanodon. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds), The Natural history of Madagascar, pp. 871-872. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Stiassny, M.L.J. and Raminosoa, N. 1994. The fishes of the inland waters of Madagascar. In: G.G. Teugels, J.-F Guégan and J.-J Albaret (eds), Biological diversity in African fresh and brackish water fishes, pp. 133-148.

Arnoult, J. 1963. Un oryziné (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) nouveau de l'Est de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 35(3):235-237.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Benstead, J.P, Stiassny, M.L.J., Loiselle, P.V., Rising, K.J. and Raminosoa, N. 2000. River conservation in Madagascar. In: P.J. Boon, B.R. Davies & G.E. Petts (eds). Global Perspectives on River Conservation pp: 205-231. Wiley, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Harrison, I.J. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 1999. The Quiet Crisis. A preliminary listing of the freshwater fishes of the world that are Extinct or “Missing in Action". In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp. 271-331. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.

IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.

Sparks, J.S. 2003b. Pantanodon. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds), The Natural history of Madagascar, pp. 871-872. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Stiassny, M.L.J. and Raminosoa, N. 1994. The fishes of the inland waters of Madagascar. In: G.G. Teugels, J.-F Guégan and J.-J Albaret (eds), Biological diversity in African fresh and brackish water fishes, pp. 133-148.

Citation:	Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Pantanodon madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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