Paretroplus maculatus

– Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	ACTINOPTERYGII
Order:	PERCIFORMES
Family:	CICHLIDAE
Scientific Name:	Paretroplus maculatus
Species Authority:	Kiener & Maugé, 1966
Common Name/s:	DAMBA MIPENTINA (Eng)

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

CR B1ab(i,iii,v) ver 3.1 (2001)

Year Assessed:

2004

Assessor/s:

Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop, Mantasoa, Madagascar 2001

Evaluator/s:

Stiassny, M.L.J., Sparks, J.S. (AMNH, New York) & Darwall, W (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)

Justification:

This species is known from the Betispoka and Mahajamba river basins on the western slopes of Madagascar. It has experienced a rapid decline in range and population size in the last decade due to severe fishing pressure, impact of introduced alien species, and habitat destruction. With its estimated extent of occurrence of less than 100 km², a severely fragmented habitat, and a continued decline/loss of habitat and mature individuals, this species is assessed as Critically Endangered.

History:

1994	-	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)
1996	-	Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	Endemic to Madagascar.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar

Population

Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Freshwater

List of Habitats:

5.1	Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)

Threats

List of Threats:

1.3.3	Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood (ongoing)
2	Invasive alien species (directly affecting the species) (ongoing)
3	Harvesting (hunting/gathering) (ongoing)

Conservation Actions

List of Conservation Actions:

2.2	Communication and Education - Awareness (needed)
3.2	Research actions - Population numbers and range (needed)
3.9	Research actions - Trends/Monitoring (needed)
4.1	Habitat and site-based actions - Maintenance/Conservation (needed)
5.3	Species-based actions - Sustainable use (needed)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

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

Kiener, A. and Maugé, M. 1966. Contribution à l'étude systématique et écologique des poissons Cichlidae endémiques de Madagascar. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 40(2):51-99.

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.

Nourissat, J.-C. 1992. Madagascar 1991. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 118:9-29.

Nourissat, J.-C. 1997. Madagascar 1996. Revue Francaise des Cichlidophiles 174:19-34.

de Rham, P. and Nourissat, J.-C. 2002. Les cichlidés endémiques de Madagascar. Association France Cichlid. Sagrafic, Barcelona, Spain.

Citation:	Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Paretroplus maculatus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 July 2008.
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