Paretroplus damii
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | CICHLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Paretroplus damii | |||
| Species Authority: | Bleeker, 1868 | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Paretroplus dami Bleeker, 1868 [orth. error]
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Note correction to scientific spelling of dami to damii. Added to synonyms table. | |||
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient 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: Paretroplus damii previously was assessed as Vulnerable. Taxonomic uncertainties have arisen since then and these have resulted in the species' status being changed to Data Deficient. It is thought that this species may in fact comprise a species complex. More taxonomic work is required. Assuming it to be a single species, it is recorded from rivers and lakes in the north-eastern parts of Madagascar. Recent surveys suggest that it's area of occupancy may exceed 2,000 km² such that it would be assessed as Least Concern. However, until the taxonomy can be confirmed this species is assessed as Data Deficient. |
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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: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Systems: | Freshwater |
Bibliography [top]
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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B (editors and compilers). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Bleeker, P. 1868. Description de trois espèces inédites de chromidoïdes de Madagascar. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Naturelles 2(2):307-314. de Rham, P. and Nourissat, J.-C. 2002. Les cichlidés endémiques de Madagascar. Association France Cichlid. Sagrafic, Barcelona, Spain. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Kiener, A. 1963b. Poissons, pêche et pisciculture à Madagascar. Publication no. 24 du Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent-sur-Marne, France. Loiselle, P.V. and de Rham, P. 2003b. Paretroplus. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds) The Natural History of Madagascar, pp. 877-878. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Lucanus, O. 1996. Field notes on behavior and ecology of Malagasy cichlids. Cichlid News 5(4):24-27. Nourissat, J.-C. 1992. Madagascar 1991. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 118:9-29. Nourissat, J.-C. 1993. Madagascar 1992. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 129:8-36. Nourissat, J.-C. 1998. Surprises a Madagascar. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 182:7-16. Stiassny, M.L.J., Chakrabarty, P. and Loiselle, P.V. 2001. Relationships of the Madagascan cichlid genus Paretroplus Bleeker 1868, with a description of a new species from the Betsiboka River drainage of northwestern Madagascar. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 12(1):29-40. |
| Citation: | Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Paretroplus damii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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