Rheocles wrightae, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where its occurs in the Manambola River, near Anosibe.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It was described by Melanie Stiassny in 1990 from a type locality given as "Sandrangato River, south of Moramanga".[3]
Rheocles wrightae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Melanotaeniidae |
Genus: | Rheocles |
Species: | R. wrightae
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Binomial name | |
Rheocles wrightae Stiassny, 1990
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Etymology
editThe specific name honours the American primatologist Patricia Wright.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Ravelomanana, T.; Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Rheocles wrightae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19482A58301010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19482A58301010.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rheocles wrightae". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rheocles wrightae". 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.