Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis

Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis is a species of cichlid from the vicinity of the confluence of the Amboaboa and Mangarahara Rivers near Mandritsara in northern Madagascar.[2] Until its official scientific description in 2008, it was temporarily known as the Paretroplus nov. sp. "sofia". It is endangered because of habitat degradation, overfishing and invasive species.[1] Following the construction of a dam on the Mangarahara River, surveys have failed to relocate P. gymnopreopercularis in this river.[2]

Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Paretroplus
Species:
P. gymnopreopercularis
Binomial name
Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis
Sparks, 2008

This relatively elongate Paretroplus reaches about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) in length and is closely related to P. kieneri, which it resembles.[2] P. nourissati is found in the same region as P. gymnopreopercularis, but the latter appears to be restricted to deeper pools in the river (the former is from shallow, fast-flowing sections).[2] The member of another cichlid genus, Ptychochromis insolitus, is also restricted to the region.[3]

Its habitat is shallow, clear rivers with a fast current and many areas of small waterfalls and riffles, normally with a rocky river bed, with many boulders, with sandy area mixed in. This species shows a preference for deeper, more isolated pools.[4]

References
  1. Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44497A58308128. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44497A58308128.en.
  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. 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.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Paretroplus gymnopreopercularis" in FishBase. June 2018 version.


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