Ptychochromis grandidieri

Ptychochromis grandidieri is a species of fish in the family Cichlidae endemic to river basins along a large part of the eastern coast of Madagascar, although it has been recorded as far as 100 km (62 mi) inland.[2] Uniquely in the genus Ptychochromis, this species also occurs in brackish water.[2] It reaches 21.3 cm (8.4 in) in standard length.[3] It shares a large part of its range with a cichlid from another genus, Paretroplus polyactis.[4] The specific name honours Alfred Grandidier (1836-1921), the French naturalist and explorer who, with Henri Joseph Léon Humblot (1852-1914), collected the type.[5]

Ptychochromis grandidieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Genus: Ptychochromis
Species:
P. grandidieri
Binomial name
Ptychochromis grandidieri
Sauvage, 1882
Synonyms
  • Tilapia grandidieri (Sauvage, 1882)
  • Ptychochromis madagascariensis Liénard, 1891
  • Tilapia madagascariensis (Liénard, 1891)

References
  1. Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Ptychochromis grandidieri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44502A58308434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44502A58308434.en.
  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. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ptychochromis grandidieri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  4. 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
  5. 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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