Ptychochromis loisellei

Ptychochromis loisellei is a species of cichlid from the Mahanara River basin north of Sambava in northeastern Madagascar.[2] It remains common within its small range,[2] but it is threatened by habitat loss and introduced species.[3] It reaches about 11.9 centimetres (4.7 in).[4] The similar named Paretroplus loisellei is also restricted to the Mahanara River basin.[5] The specific name honours Paul V. Loiselle, Emeritus Curator of Freshwater Fishes at the New York Aquarium and a researcher in, and campaigner for the conservation of, the freshwater fish of Madagascar.[6]

Ptychochromis loisellei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Ptychochromis
Species:
P. loisellei
Binomial name
Ptychochromis loisellei
Stiassny & Sparks, 2006

References
  1. Ravelomanana, T. & Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Ptychochromis loisellei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T96306872A96306924. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T96306872A96306924.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. Stiassny, M., and Sparks, J. S. (2006). Phylogeny and Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic Malagasy Genus Ptychochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), with the Description of Five New Species and a Diagnosis for Katria, New Genus. American Museum Novitates 3535.
  3. Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004 (2004). "Ptychochromis sp. nov. Garaka". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ptychochromis loisellei" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  5. Sparks, J. S. and Schelly, R. C. (2011). A new species of Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Etroplinae) from northeastern Madagascar, with a phylogeny and revised diagnosis for the P. damii clade. Zootaxa 2768: 55–68.
  6. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamilies ETROPLINAE and PTYCHOCHROMINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 November 2018.


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