Ptychochromoides katria
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | CICHLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Ptychochromoides katria |
| Species Authority: | Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997 |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable D2 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: This species has a restricted distribution within the Nosivolo and Mangoro rivers, but its habitat is in very good condition and it does not have to deal with either exotic predators or competitors. Given the lack of evidence for decline in quality of habitat or population size (it is a very common species within its range) this species is assessed as Vulnerable on account of its restriction to a single location. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Endemic to Nosivolo River, Tamatave Province, 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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IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Kiener, A. 1959. Le "Marakely à bosse" de Madagascar. Bulletin Malgache. 157:501-512. Kiener, A. 1963b. Poissons, pêche et pisciculture à Madagascar. Publication no. 24 du Centre Technique Forestier Tropical, Nogent-sur-Marne, France. Loiselle, P.V. 1995. The cichlids of Jurassic Park. II. Cichlid News 4(4):20-25 Lucanus, O. 1996. Field notes on behavior and ecology of Malagasy cichlids. Cichlid News 5(4):24-27. Moreau, J. 1979. Biologie et évolution des pueplements de Cichlides (Pisces) introduits dans les lacs Malgaches d'altitude. PhD Thesis. Nourissat, J.-C. 1995. Madagascar 1994. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 151:6-25. Reinthal, P.N. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 1997. Revision of the Madagascan genus Ptychochromoides (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with a description of a new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 7(3-4):353-368. Sparks, J.S. 2003d. Ptychochromoides. In: S.M. Goodman and J.P. Benstead (eds), The Natural history of Madagascar, pp. 875 University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Sparks, J.S. and Reinthal, P.N. 2001. A new species of Ptychochromoides from southeastern Madagascar (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with comments on monophyly and relationships of the ptychochromine cichlids. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 12:115-132. |
| Citation: | Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Ptychochromoides katria. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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