Ptychochromoides itasy
Ptychochromoides itasy is a species of cichlid fish from central Madagascar. Until rediscovered in a pond at a tributary of the Tsiribihina River in late 2010, it was only known from Lake Itasy where last seen in the 1970s.[3][4] The reason for its extirpation from Lake Itasy was likely habitat degradation and competition/predation by introduced species.[1]
| Ptychochromoides itasy | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Genus: | Ptychochromoides |
| Species: | P. itasy |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptychochromoides itasy Sparks, 2004[2] | |
References
- Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004 (2004). "Ptychochromoides itasy". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ptychochromoides itasy" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- Toronto Zoo (2010). Mad Fishes 2010 – Fish conservation with Tim McCaskie in Madagascar. Accessed 14 July 2011
- Sparks, Loiselle, and Baldwin (2012). Rediscovery and phylogenetic placement of the endemic Malagasy cichlid Ptychochromoides itasy (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Ptychochrominae). Zootaxa 3352: 17–24.
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