Katria

Katria is a genus of freshwater fish in the cichlid family. It contains the single species Katria katria, a vulnerable species from the Mangoro and Nosivolo Rivers in east-central Madagascar,[1] that was formerly included in the genus Ptychochromoides.[2] The only other single-species cichlid genus in Madagascar is Oxylapia, and it is restricted to the same region as Katria.[3] In 2010, the Nosivolo River was designated as a Ramsar Site.[4] The Katria reaches about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) in length.[5]

Katria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Ptychochrominae
Genus: Katria
Stiassny & Sparks, 2006
Species:
K. katria
Binomial name
Katria katria
(Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997)
Synonyms

Ptychochromoides katria Reinthal & Stiassny, 1997

References
  1. Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Katria katria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T44512A58309009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T44512A58309009.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. Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004 (2004). "Oxylapia polli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 14 July 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (20 September 2010). Nosivolo is designated as Madagascar's first riverine Ramsar site. Accessed 14 July 2011
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Katria in FishBase. July 2011 version.


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