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Paretroplus maromandia

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

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Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Paretroplus maromandia
Species Authority:	Sparks & Reinthal, 1988
Taxonomic Notes:	Note the species name is maromandia not maromamdia (see FishBase).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(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: This species is known from the Andanomalaza and Maevarano river basins in north western Madagascar. It has an estimated extent of occurrence of less than 5,000 km² and is limited to two, possibly three, locations in a highly fragmented habitat. Habitat loss/decline due to deforestation continues and the species is also impacted by competition and predation from introduced exotic fish species. The species is assessed as Endangered.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Madagascar.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Freshwater

Citation:	Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop, Mantasoa, Madagascar 2001 2004. Paretroplus maromandia. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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