''Ptychochromoides'' is a genus of
cichlid
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes. Cichlids were traditionally classed in a suborder, the Labroidei, along with the wrasses ( Labridae), in the order Perciformes, but molecular studies have contradicted th ...
s
endemic
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to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. Of the three described species, two are
critically endangered and one was considered
extinct until rediscovered in late 2010.
[Toronto Zoo (2010). ]
Mad Fishes 2010 – Fish conservation with Tim McCaskie in Madagascar.
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Species
The genus formerly included ''
Katria katria'', which was moved to its own genus in 2006.
[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
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3535 There are currently three recognized species in ''Ptychochromoides'':
* ''
Ptychochromoides betsileanus''
( Boulenger, 1899) (Trondo mainty)
* ''
Ptychochromoides itasy''
Sparks, 2004
* ''
Ptychochromoides vondrozo''
Sparks & Reinthal, 2001
References
Freshwater fish genera
Cichlid genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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