Paretroplus maromandia
Paretroplus maromandia is an endangered species of cichlid fish from fresh and brackish water in northwestern Madagascar, where known from the Maintsomalaza, Andranomalaza and Maevarano Rivers, and Lake Andrapongy.[2] It has already been extirpated from the lake,[2] and is threatened by habitat loss and invasive species.[1] This relatively deep-bodied Paretroplus reaches 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length.[3]
| Paretroplus maromandia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Paretroplus |
| Species: | P. maromandia |
| Binomial name | |
| Paretroplus maromandia Sparks & Reinthal, 1999 | |
References
- Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Paretroplus maromandia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44493A58307944. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44493A58307944.en.
- Sparks, J. S. (2008). Phylogeny of the Cichlid Subfamily Etroplinae and Taxonomic Revision of the Malagasy Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Number 314 :1-151
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Paretroplus maromandia" in FishBase. July 2011 version.
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