Paretroplus polyactis

Paretroplus polyactis is a vulnerable species of cichlid found widely in fresh and brackish water in coastal regions and associated river basins in eastern Madagascar.[2][3] It is the only Paretroplus found in the southern half of Madagascar,[2] and one of only two found in eastern drainages (the other is the far more restricted P. loisellei).[4] P. polyactis is threatened by habitat loss and overfishing.[1] This relatively deep-bodied Paretroplus reaches 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.[5] It shares a large part of its range with a cichlid from another genus, Ptychochromis grandidieri.[2]

Paretroplus polyactis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Paretroplus
Species:
P. polyactis
Binomial name
Paretroplus polyactis
(Bleeker, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Chromis madagascariensis Guichenot, 1866

References
  1. Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Paretroplus polyactis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16238A58297577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16238A58297577.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 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
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Paretroplus polyactis" in FishBase. July 2011 version.
  4. 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.
  5. Guinane, S. (2000). The Madagascan Cichlid Genus Paretroplus (Bleeker, 1865). Accessed 15 July 2011


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