Paretroplus menarambo

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Paretroplus menarambo

Species Authority

Allgayer, 1966

Common Name/s:

English

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Pinstripe Damba

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Loiselle, P.

Evaluator/s:

Stiassny, M.L.J. & Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority)

Justification:

Originally this species was endemic to Madagascar and up until recently it was presumed Extinct in the Wild; the last reports of the species had been from Lac Sarodrano, its type, and previously only known, locality dating from the late 1990s (de Rham and Nourissat 2002). Despite targeted surveys, no specimens had been collected from this area since.However, recent survey work in this region has resulted in the discovered of a remnant population of this fish in Lac Tseny. Habitat degradation, the presence of invasive exotic species and overfishing account for its Critically Endangered status. Breeding populations of this species are maintained in captivity.

History:

2004

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Extinct in the Wild (IUCN 2004)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Madagascar. Present in the flood plain lakes of the Bemarivo River, the major northwards-flowing tributary of the Sofia River in northwestern Madagascar. The species is now known to occur in a single lake of that system: Lac Tseny.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar

Population [top]

Population:	No data are avialable on the wild population; previously it was thought to have disappeared from its native range, but more recent surveys rediscovered the species in Lac Tseny. Captive breeding populations exist in Europe and North America.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A malacophagous biparentally custodial substratum-spawning cichlid with a protracted period of brood care and a highly seasonal reproductive pattern.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Historically, over-fishing. Presently, habitat loss due to environmental degradation, and competition from and/or predation by exotic species.

Major Threat(s):

Historically, over-fishing. Presently, habitat loss due to environmental degradation, and competition from and/or predation by exotic species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Currently there are no in situ conservation measures in place. However, this species is the subject of a successful ex situ captive breeding program.

Conservation Actions:

Currently there are no in situ conservation measures in place. However, this species is the subject of a successful ex situ captive breeding program.

Citation:	IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 October 2008.
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