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| Rheocles wrightae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Atheriniformes |
| Family: | Bedotiidae |
| Genus: | Rheocles |
| Species: | R. wrightae |
| Binomial name | |
| Rheocles wrightae Stiassny, 1990 | |
Rheocles wrightae, is a species of rainbowfish in the subfamily Bedotiinae, the Madagascar rainbowfishes. It is endemic to Madagascar where it 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]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name honours the American primatologist Patricia Wright.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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.
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