Rheocles derhami
Rheocles derhami is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes.[2] It is endemic to the Ambalona River and Mangarahar River in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is rivers.[1] It was described by Melanie Stiassny and Damaris Rodriguez in 1992[3] and was named in honour of the Swiss conservationist Patrick De Rham.[4]
| Rheocles derhami | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Rheocles |
| Species: | R. derhami |
| Binomial name | |
| Rheocles derhami Stiassny & D. M. RodrÃguez, 1992 | |
References
- Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles derhami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44659A58309105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44659A58309105.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Rheocles derhami" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rheocles derhami". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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